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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

When a snapped sternal wire stabbed the aorta

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Received 9 April 2008; received in revised form 4 June 2008; accepted 9 June 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8550, Japan. Tel.: +81 49 228 3819; fax: +81 49 228 3819. (Email: imanakaz@saitama-med.ac.jp).

Key Words: Sternal wire • Aorta • Stab injury

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After reoperative aortic surgery in a Marfan patient, five sternal wires cut the sternum and one wire was snapped, resulting in sternal dehiscence (Fig. 1 ). Ten days later, the dehiscence got wider. The cut end of the snapped . . . [Full Text of this Article]