Save or sacrifice the internal mammary pedicle during anterior mediastinotomy?

Save or sacrifice the internal mammary pedicle during anterior mediastinotomy?

Ligation and dissection of internal mammary vessels is the most under-estimated complication of anterior mediastinotomy. However, patients requiring anterior mediastinotomy may experience long survival that makes the development of ischemic heart disease throughout their life possible. Therefore, th...

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Main Authors: Efstratios Apostolakis, Nikolaos A. Papakonstantinou, Serafeim Chlapoutakis, Christos Prokakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Anterior mediastinotomy
coronary artery disease
internal mammary artery graft
lung cancer
mediastinal tumors
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2014;volume=9;issue=3;spage=138;epage=143;aulast=Apostolakis

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