Clinical trials: Sternal Injury
Sternal Injury, Cardiac Surgery
Improving Sternal Healing After Cardiac Surgery: Sternal Wire vs ZIPFIX
The objective of this study is to determine whether sternal reconstruction using the ZIPFIX system compared to standard wire cerclage could improve bone healing, patient function, and decreased postoperative pain.
- Conditions
- Sternal Injury, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- Closure (NCT03289104)
- Testing
- Steel Wires, ZipFix Sternal Closure System
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation