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joel1947

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Replacement of Aortic valve 9 years ago with St. Judes Trifecta tissue valve. ALl has been good, but I just had a chest X-ray for unrelated reasons and there was a note that one of the wires in my sternum has fractured. My cardiologist says not to worry. But of course I worry a little bit. Anyone know whether this is a common thing and whether it can cause other problems?

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Hi Joel
My cardiologist says not to worry
I agree entirely. The bone is long since knitted and the wire serves utterly no purpose. If there was a convenient non-risky way to remove them they would.

In fact they serve as nothing more than minor problems in later surgeries.

I've got leftover trash from years of surgeries
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looking carefully there what may at first glance appear to be a double image is in fact other left over wires. (*not to mention the odd staple).

HTH

PS
https://www.valvereplacement.org/threads/can-you-break-a-sternum-wire-two-years-postop.43536/
 
Some people on this forum had trouble with their wires, but they were in discomfort, you are not. The wires can be removed if it ever happens to you.
 

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