Cardiac electrode as a cause of the chronic sternal ostheomyelitis

Fedorov A.V.; Pechetov A.A.; Vishnevskiĭ A.A.; Iashina N.I.

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Fedorov A.V.

Almasov National Medical Research Centre, 197341, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pechetov A.A.

Institut khirurgii im. A.V. Vishnevskogo Minzdravsotsrazvitiia RF, Moskva

SPIN RSCI: 8705-6005
Scopus AuthorID: 14010265400
ORCID: 0000-0002-1823-4396

Vishnevskiĭ A.A.

Institut khirurgii im. A.V. Vishnevskogo Minzdravsotsrazvitiia RF, Moskva

Iashina N.I.

FGBU "Institut khirurgii im. A.V. Vishnevskogo" Minzdrava Rossii, Moskva

Cardiac electrode as a cause of the chronic sternal ostheomyelitis

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Fedorov A.V., Pechetov A.A., Vishnevskiĭ A.A., Iashina N.I.

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Journal: Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery. 2011;(11): 4‑9

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Fedorov AV, Pechetov AA, Vishnevskiĭ AA, Iashina NI. Cardiac electrode as a cause of the chronic sternal ostheomyelitis. Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery. 2011;(11):4‑9. (In Russ.)

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Results of the diagnostic concept and treatment of 5 patients with the chronic sternal ostheomyelitis after the open cardiac surgery caused by the "forgotten" cardiac electrodes were analyzed in the article. The radiologic diagnostic criteria and necessity of the computed tomography, in particular, were stated.

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sternal ostheomyelitis

cardiac electrode

foreign body

thoracoplasty

thoracomyoplasty

Authors:

Fedorov A.V.

Almasov National Medical Research Centre, 197341, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pechetov A.A.

Institut khirurgii im. A.V. Vishnevskogo Minzdravsotsrazvitiia RF, Moskva

SPIN RSCI: 8705-6005
Scopus AuthorID: 14010265400
ORCID: 0000-0002-1823-4396

Vishnevskiĭ A.A.

Institut khirurgii im. A.V. Vishnevskogo Minzdravsotsrazvitiia RF, Moskva

Iashina N.I.

FGBU "Institut khirurgii im. A.V. Vishnevskogo" Minzdrava Rossii, Moskva

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