Sentence examples for midline sternotomy from inspiring English sources

Immediately after exsanguination, the heart and lungs were carefully removed en block via midline sternotomy.

Midline sternotomy remains the preferred technique for access in cardiac surgery.

Close proximity or adhesion of these structures to the sternum (Fig. 2) increases the risk of injury during midline sternotomy.

The cardiothoracic surgery service performed ligation of the innominate artery and repair of the anterior tracheal wall defect through a midline sternotomy approach.

Surgical procedure on a patient with congenital heart disease is usually performed through a midline sternotomy or lateral thoracotomy and a small incision in the wall of an atrium, an arterial trunk or, rarely, a ventricle.

A midline sternotomy followed.

The mouse chests were opened through a midline sternotomy.

The right carotid artery was surgically exposed by midline sternotomy.