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(Chest. 1974;66:189-190.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Reclosure of Sternotomy Disruption Produced by Hiccups

Gil Santos M.D., F.C.C.P.1; William A. Cook M.D., F.C.C.P.1; and Robert W. M. Frater M.D.1

1 Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

Severe hiccups in the postoperative period in a patient who had a sternotomy can result in sternum disruption as a major surgical complication. In this patient reclosure was done using K wires. The results were excellent with prompt stabilization of the sternum.




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