METHOD FOR RESTORING INTEGRITY OF STERNUM AFTER STERNOTOMY Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A61B17/82 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine and can be used in cardiac surgery for osteosynthesis after median sternotomy. Longitudinal sutures are applied at a distance of 0.5-1.0 cm from the sternotomic incision of the bone of each half of the sawn sternum. In this case, the distance between the injection and the injection on the outer and posterior surfaces of the sternum is chosen equal to 1.5-3.0 cm, and the beginning and end of the suture are performed at a distance of 0.5-1.0 cm from the upper and lower edges of the sternum. The free ends of the suture are left outside. After the formation of the longitudinal sutures of the sternum, transverse wire sutures are formed, made of single parallel or eight-shaped wire sutures, while the transverse sutures are applied at a distance of 1.5-3.0 cm from each other along the entire length of the sternum. After stretching and twisting them, the free ends of the longitudinal sutures are also twisted at the upper and lower edges of the sternum.

EFFECT: invention provides a decrease in the risk of postoperative complications, a reduction in the recovery period after cardiac surgery, an improvement in the quality of life of patients by eliminating the displacement of the structures of the sternum and violation of their integrity.

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