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Sternum
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:52 am
by Macca
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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Re: Sternum
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:36 am
by jon_d
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.
Re: Sternum
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:13 pm
by Greynomad
A stitch in time….
Re: Sternum
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:40 am
by Chuck
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.
Re: Sternum
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:14 am
by jon_d
20 years ago. Chuck, back then, didn't they use mechanical pace makers? Just wondering is you might be hearing the tick????
Re: Sternum
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:36 am
by T1 Terry
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????
The give away was the key hole where it gets wound up each day .......
Re: Sternum
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:36 am
by Macca
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 .
Re: Sternum
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:43 am
by Chuck
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????
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!!
Re: Sternum
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:58 am
by T1 Terry
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????
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!!
..... so they did, and now we know the reason for the tales Dottie tells about gas leaks ....