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ArticleClinical case reports2026

Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Cables for Sternal Closure in a Metal-Allergic Patient With Stanford Type A Acute Aortic Dissection: A Case Report.

Haruki Tanaka, Tasuku Kawaguchi, Junya Kimura, Masafumi Miyao, Yuki Takagi, Toru Mikoshiba, Hajime Ichimura, Taishi Fujii, Noburo Ohashi, Yuko Wada and 1 more

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Haruki TanakaDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-555X
Tasuku KawaguchiDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Junya KimuraDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Masafumi MiyaoDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Yuki TakagiDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Toru MikoshibaDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Hajime IchimuraDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Taishi FujiiDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Noburo OhashiDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Yuko WadaDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
Tatsuichiro SetoDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene cables may provide a useful and effective non-metallic alternative for sternal closure in patients with suspected or confirmed metal hypersensitivity, particularly in emergency cardiac surgery where preoperative allergy testing is not feasible.

Indexed as

aortic dissectionmetal allergynon‐metallic implantsternal closureultra‐high molecular weight polyethylene cables

Identifiers

PMID42256942
PMCPMC13238664

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