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. 2013 Dec 28;7:11–24. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S52870

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Intervention of sternotomy after cardiac surgery. There is a high percentage of risk that the scar could develop into a pathological scar.

Note: When the dermis and the fascia are affected by scars, these structures are altered, and their function and capacity of interaction with the external and internal environment are lacking.