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If any of you have to have your sternum sawn in half in the future- hope you do not- this is what it will be held together with, made of titanium. Sorry if I posted before.
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Some are just wired together allowing for the bone to knit. That's how mine is done.

Plus, you don't want to have is sawn. Scored and broken is much better. It generates a stronger repair.
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A stitch in time….
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Mine has been done twice (!!) 1980 & 2001 no problems with the first but after the second event I now feel an occasional 'clicking' in the middle of the sternum... so reckon it's been wired together, but perhaps not quite tight enough.

It doesn't prevent full movement & no pain.
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20 years ago. Chuck, back then, didn't they use mechanical pace makers? Just wondering is you might be hearing the tick???? :roll:
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jon_d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:14 am 20 years ago. Chuck, back then, didn't they use mechanical pace makers? Just wondering is you might be hearing the tick???? :roll:
The give away was the key hole where it gets wound up each day .......
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Apparently very few wired nowadays. This plate feather light and no wires to maybe feel. Coincidently our house sitter in 2010 who had a quad done while here and visited us a few weeks ago had same surgeon and plate .
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T1 Terry wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:36 am
jon_d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:14 am 20 years ago. Chuck, back then, didn't they use mechanical pace makers? Just wondering is you might be hearing the tick???? :roll:
The give away was the key hole where it gets wound up each day .......
Problem was the location they were discussing where to put it, said no need to cut a new hole - already has one!

Told them to shove it!! :? :shock: :oops:
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Chuck wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:43 am
T1 Terry wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:36 am
jon_d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:14 am 20 years ago. Chuck, back then, didn't they use mechanical pace makers? Just wondering is you might be hearing the tick???? :roll:
The give away was the key hole where it gets wound up each day .......
Problem was the location they were discussing where to put it, said no need to cut a new hole - already has one!

Told them to shove it!! :? :shock: :oops:
..... so they did, and now we know the reason for the tales Dottie tells about gas leaks ....
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