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Sternotomy (procedure)

Known as: sternotomy procedure, sternum incision, incision sternum 
Incision into or through the sternum.
National Institutes of Health

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Educational aspectsSternumThoracic cavity structurelegislation & jurisprudence

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Median Sternotomy

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Surgical incisions

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Successful performance of Cox-Maze procedure on beating heart using bipolar radiofrequency ablation: a feasibility study in animals.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Intraoperative left atrial ablation (for atrial fibrillation) using a new argon cryocatheter: early clinical experience.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Hybrid robotic coronary artery surgery and angioplasty in multivessel coronary artery disease.
Review
2001
Review
2001
Off-pump bypass grafting is safe in patients with left main coronary disease.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Evaluation of the electroencephalographic bispectral index during fentanyl-midazolam anaesthesia for cardiac surgery. Does it predict haemodynamic responses during endotracheal intubation and…
The bispectral index, a value derived from the electroencephalogram, has been proposed as a measure of anaesthetic effect. The… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Transxiphoid approach without median sternotomy for the repair of atrial septal defects.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Lateral tunnel suture line variation reduces atrial flutter after the modified Fontan operation.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A comparison of the myocardial metabolic and haemodynamic changes produced by propofol-sufentanil and enflurane-sufentanil anaesthesia for patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery
The purpose of this study was to compare propofol-sufentanil with enflurane-sufentanil anaesthesia for patients undergoing… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Anterolateral thoracotomy as an alternative to repeat median sternotomy for replacement of the mitral valve.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Automatic defibrillation in man. The initial surgical experience.
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