A new protocol created by researchers at UT Medicine San Antonio helps reduce the incidence of sternum infections by 61 percent over a two-year period. Faculty from UT Medicine San Antonio carried out ...

THE HSE has issued a health alert over a common winter illness that can become “severe and life-threatening” – with six signs ...

A two-year effort to prevent infections in children healing from cardiac surgery reduced sternum infections by 61 percent, a San Antonio researcher announced at the Cardiology 2012 conference Feb. 23 ...

Candidal mediastinitis is rare. We report nine cases encountered at our institutions since 1985; seven cases were diagnosed since 1993. All cases followed thoracic surgery, with a median time from ...

Your sternum is located in the middle of your chest and is also known as the breastbone. It protects the organs of your torso from injury and serves as a connection point for other bones and muscles.

‌‌The sternum – sometimes called the breastbone – is the flat bone in the center of your chest. Your ribs and collarbone connect to your sternum. A break in your sternum is also known as a sternal ...

To perform open heart surgery, a surgeon cuts through the sternum in a procedure known as a sternotomy. It is a major operation that involves a lengthy healing process that can take months or years.

Chest pain when sneezing can happen for a number of reasons. It’s usually linked to illness, damage, or an injury in the chest wall. The pain may happen or worsen when you sneeze. This is because ...

A person’s chest may hurt when they cough as a result of muscle strain from coughing. However, it can also be a sign of pleurisy, pneumonia, and other serious conditions. In many cases, the pain goes ...