Using the reciprocating saw for resternotomy

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6945

Hesham Z Saleh, Jonathan Yates, Lawrence Moulton, D Mark Pullan, Brian M Fabri

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6945

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Contrary to a prevailing practice advocating the use of an oscillating saw for sternal re-entry, some surgeons prefer using a reciprocating saw in cases of resternotomy. In this article, we describe a simple technique for resternotomy using a reciprocating saw. This technique has been used in 158 consecutive patients representing the routine resternotomy practice of two surgeons. Only one patient had a significant bleeding requiring urgent institution of cardiopulmonary bypass. No mortality related to resternotomy was seen.

Keywords : Reciprocating saw; resternotomy; sternum/surgery

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