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A) Increase your awareness of healthcare and rehabilitation
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    • Dec 9, 2018
    • 1 min read

What Are Sternal Precautions?

Sternal precautions are in place after open heart surgery for usually somewhere between 4-8 weeks to protect separation of your breastbone and prevent infection of that new incision.  We're covering the 4 general ones here, adding to that #howtohospital knowledge base, but every surgeon has his/her own specific precautions and protocol so be sure to listen to exactly what they say!  


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