Sternal non-union
Supportive
treatment using a compression garment vest of painful sternal instability following deep surgical wound infection: a case report. A computed tomography (CT) scan prior to supportive therapy showing sternal non-union (two months after operative refixation).
Sternal non-union is one of the post-sternotomy complications that can occur as a result of cardiothoracic intervention or trauma and be a morbid condition with serious sequelae. Patients often report pain with breathing, coughing, and/or movement. It can be infectious or non-infectious and may occur with or without sternal dehiscence.
See also
Siehe auch:
Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Pseudarthrose Sternum:
