1. Pediatric Poststernotomy Mediastinitis
Abdullah A. Al-Sehly, MD, Joan L. Robinson, MD, Bonita E. Lee, MD, Geoff Taylor, MD, David B. Ross, MD, Murray Robertson, MD, Ivan M. Rebeyka, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 80, Issue 6, Pages (December 2005)
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2. Fig 1
The sternum is stented open using a short segment of chest tube fixed to the sternal edges.
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3. Fig 2
The skin and subcutaneous layers are mobilized away from the pectoral fascia to allow tension-free skin closure over the stented sternum.
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