THE ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN ASSESSMENT OF STERNAL STABILITY AFTER CLOSURE OF MEDIAN STERNOTOMY | ||
| ALEXMED ePosters | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 17-18 | ||
| Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2023.191167.1552 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Wael Mahmoud Hassanein1; samer Bessa2; Amr Ahmed Rayan1; Dina AbdEl-Salam Ahmed3; Karim Mohamed Elsharkawi3; Mohamed AbdEl-Meguid Mohamed Ramadan* 1 | ||
| 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||
| 2Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic (HBP) Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria | ||
| 3Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Median sternotomy is, by far, the most popular and the most commonly used incision in cardiac surgical procedures. The main advantages of median sternotomy are the speediness in opening and closing, the familiarity to many surgeons, and the outstanding exposure for the heart and anterior mediastinal lesions. Major post operative complications such as dehiscence, mediastinitis, osteomyelitis, sternal wound infection (SWI), and sternal displacement rarely occur after sternotomies. On the other hand, though, when such complications occur, they result in considerable morbidity, mortality, and resource utilization. There is a wide variety of methods for assessment of sternal stability after closure of median sternotomy. Ultrasonography is an emerging imaging modality used for early detection of sternal instability providing a chance for early management and prevention of devious complications of median sternotomy. AIM OF THE WORK: The aim of this study was to assess ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool for sternal instability in patients undergoing median sternotomy with wire cerclage closure. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| ULTRASONOGRAPHY; STERNAL; STABILITY | ||
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