140
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2008
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2011
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2011
SternaLock Rigid Fixation Plates
patients will have their sternum closed by rigid fixation using SternaLock Rigid Fixation Plates
wire (control)
patients will have their sternum closed using wire (stainless steel surgical wire).
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis
University of Chicago, Chicago
Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple
St. Joseph's Heart and Lung Institute, Phoenix
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig
Lead Sponsor
Zimmer Biomet
INDUSTRY