Ancalmo N, Perniciaro C, Ochsner J
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ochsner Clinic of Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816.
Cardiovasc Surg. 1993 Aug;1(4):439-41.
Persistent postoperative incisional pain after aortocoronary bypass surgery was reported by a patient in whom allergies to metals contained in the stainless steel suture used for sternal closure were confirmed by patch testing. The symptoms resolved promptly after the sutures were removed.
