Median Sternotomy Closure With the FiberTape Sternal Closure System Featuring the Single-Use Tensioning Device

Cardiothoracic surgeon Clarence Owen, MD (Greensboro, NC), demonstrates how he uses the FiberTape® sternal closure system along with a unique, single-use tensioning device to close a medium sternotomy following an open cardiac procedure. FiberTape sternal closure—an all-suture alternative to stainless wires—is implanted in a familiar, straightforward manner, using simple interrupted or figure-8 stitch configurations. The FiberTape single-use tensioning device helps fine-tune compression along the sternum for optimal sternal closure.