Titanium Implants In The Management Of Chest Instability; First Experience In Lithuania

Ričardas Janilionis, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Vytautas Jovaišas, Žymantas Jagelavičius Abstract Sternal nonunion as a result of cardiac intervention or trauma remains a morbid condition with serious sequelae. Patients often report pain with breathing, coughing, and/or movement. The authors present two patients that were diagnosed with sterile nonunion after cardiac procedure (1) or trauma (1). The cardiac…