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A 63 year old man following two myocardial infarctions in 2003 underwent CABG, post operatively he developed a wound infection and underwent further surgery for wound and skin debridement and then further surgery to remove sternal wires following which he produced hypertrophic scaring over the sternum which is now very tender to touch.
Since surgery he has complained of unilateral chest wall pain, worse on the left over 11th and 12th rib the pain is constant, complicated by Costochondritis with hyperalgesia and allodynia across the chest he is unable to sleep on either side due to pain and complains of repeat chest infections and breathlessness severely affecting his Quality of life."
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