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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 1, 129-130, Copyright © 1987 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Poststernotomy pseudo-arthrosis due to foreign body reaction to bone wax

GD Angelini, FA el-Ghamari and EG Butchart
Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.

A case of repeated pseudo-arthrosis of the sternum following two median sternotomies for coronary artery bypass surgery is reported. This was due to a chronic foreign body reaction to the bees' wax used during the first operation to reduce bleeding from the sternal edges.

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