Meanings
nounhemisternotomy (plural hemisternotomies)
plural hemisternotomies
- medicineAn incision into the left or right half of the sternum
Then a 1.5 cm median hemisternotomy was performed, the sternum halves were kept apart with 4–0 Vicryl sutures ® (Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) which were later-on used to close the sternum.
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