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Median sternotomy. Skin incision of a median sternotomy. Median sternotomy is a type of surgical procedure in which a vertical inline incision is made along the sternum, after which the sternum itself is divided, or cracked.
The continued evolution of cardiac surgery has made the median sternotomy and its many variations one of the most widely used incisions in for cardiac surgery, which are occasionally used for thoracic surgery. A thoracic incision can be seen in the image below.