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DIRECT COMPLICATIONS OF STERNAL RE-ENTRY

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nottingham City Hospital, United Kingdom

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This is in reference to the article titled "Direct Complications of Repeat Median Sternotomy in Adults" by Mr Elahi et al.¹ I notice that they have dealt with various aspects of the direct complications and the value of femoro-femoral bypass in those situations. I wanted to add few points to them² and ask the author if he has any experience in those situations. First of all, as Mr Elahi mentioned, hemostasis is vital in sternal re-entry. So, as a routine factor, we use Aprotinin (Trasylol; Bayer AG, Germany) in . . . [Full Text of this Article]