Combination plate and band fixation for primary closure in bilateral lung transplantation.
Joel C BoudreauxMarian UrbanDavid B BerkheimMichael J MoultonBronwyn Larissa SmallHeather M StrahAleem SiddiquePublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
The utilization of a combination plate-and-band rigid fixation system for primary closure is safe and may be an effective method to reduce sternal complications following transverse thoracosternotomy for lung transplantation.