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Intraoperative photograph of a patient with a right thoracoabdominal gunshot wound. Long sternal plates (30 holes) are contoured and anchored to the sternum and costal parts of the ribs spanning the fractured rib cartilage. Cerclage bands are enhancing rib fixation. The liver is exposed in the upper right corner.
