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Most cardiac surgery procedures are performed through a median sternotomy, an approach pioneered by Milton in 1897. Although fairly uncommon, infective complications for this type of incision remain a difficult challenge for cardiac surgeons. Definition Sternal wound complications have been…

Step 1 Surgical Anatomy ◆ Type A dissection is defined by the presence of a septum creating two lumens within the ascending aorta. The DeBakey classification further divides the Stanford type A classification according to whether the septum is located…