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. 2023 Sep;20(3):205-209.
doi: 10.5114/kitp.2023.131937. Epub 2023 Oct 30.

Extensive chest wall stabilization after cardiopulmonary resuscitation and urgent cardiac surgery

Vasileios Leivaditis  1 , Alexander Hofmann  2 , Bernd Haaf  1 , Anke Wiegand  3 , Athanasios Papatriantafyllou  4 , Konstantinos Grapatsas  5 , Efstratios Koletsis  6 , Nikolaos Charokopos  6 , Georgios-Ioannis Verras  7 , Konstantinos Tasios  7 , Konstantinos Skevis  8 , Ioannis Panagiotopoulos  6 , Andreas Antzoulas  7 , Francesk Mulita  7 , Manfred Dahm  1
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Extensive chest wall stabilization after cardiopulmonary resuscitation and urgent cardiac surgery

Vasileios Leivaditis et al. Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol. 2023 Sep.
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Figures

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Figure 1
Sagittal CT reconstruction showing sternal fracture stabilization using sternal wires
Figure 2
Figure 2
3D reconstruction illustrating the position of clips and bars in the Strasbourg Thoracic Osteosynthesis System (STRATOS, MedXpert)
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Figure 3
CT 3D reconstruction demonstrates the result of thoracic wall stabilization from various angles
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Figure 4
Chest X-Ray prior to patient discharge
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Figure 5
Surgical approaches for the patient’s thorax: a – right-side incisions for rib clip placement, b – left-side incisions for rib clip placement, c – median sternotomy, d – tracheotomy, e – ICD implantation
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