(All images or drawings are generated by MUSC Orthopaedic Research Lanboratory)
Figure 1. Five weeks after open sternotomy - (a): lack of healing due to the presence of bone wax;
(b): good healing with a water soluble "bone wax"; and (c): good healing without bone wax..
a 
b 
Figure 2. Five weeks after open sternotomy - (a): lack of healing due to
the presence of bone wax; (b): good healing without bone wax.
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