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case_images: CXR showing bilateral pneumothoraces with displaced sternal wires.
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case_images: Chest roentegram showed laterally displaced sternal wires and bilateral hydro-pneumothoraces (Figure 1).
case_images: CT reconstruction of sternal dehiscence.
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case_images: Computed tomography (CT) scan was carried out which confirmed sternal dehiscence (Figure 2).
case_images: Intraoperative pictures of sternal dehiscence with Lung parenchyma (Arrow A) coming in contact with sternal wire (Arrow B).
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case_images: Intraoperatively, the sternum had completely dehisced; an upper left wire and a middle right wire (Figure 3) were evident protruding into the respective pleural cavities, coming in to contact with lung parenchyma.