Sternal nonunion on bone scintigraphy: a case report

نویسندگان
Assadi, Majid ID 1
Javadi, Hamid ID 2
Moharrabi, Mehdi ID 3
Pourbehi, Gholamreza ID 4
Shafiee, Ebrahim ID 5

1 The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

2 Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GRCGH), Golestan University of Medical Sciences (GUOMS), Gorgan, Iran

3 Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GRCGH), Golestan University of Medical Sciences (GUOMS), Gorgan, Iran

4 The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

5 Department of Surgery (division of cardiac surgery), Bushehr Medical Center Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

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چکیده

Sternal non-union is a severe complication of sternotomy closure following open heart surgeries. Healing problems typically occur in 0.3% to 5% of patients. Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) bone scintigraphy has been used to assess bone nonunion to predict the healing response for proper management.  In this report, we present the case of a marked sternal nonunion following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), using radionuclide bone scintigraphy.

کلیدواژه‌ها
Sternal nonunion, Radionuclide bone scintigraphy, Poststernotomy incisional hernia, Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)