Use of bone chips to improve sternum bone tissue regeneration after median sternotomy in patients with a high risk of sternal dehiscence in cardiac surgery (case report)

Median sternotomy remains the approach of choice for cardiac, great vessel, and pulmonary surgeries. According to data analysis, postoperative complications after median sternotomy, such as incompetence of the sternal sutures, acute mediastinitis and osteomyelitis of the sternum and ribs, occur in 2–6% of patients. The article discusses a clinical case of the successful use of a new technique aimed at accelerating the processes of regeneration of sternum bone tissue using osteoplastic material in a patient at high risk of sternal dehiscence. The effectiveness of this technique opens up the possibility of its widespread implementation in clinical practice.