SHORT-TERM QUALITY-OF-LIFE IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH MEDIAN STERNOTOMY: A BRIEF REVIEW ABOUT OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT.

wellbeing and moreover in perception of negative emotions such as depression and anxiety and of chest and/or low back pain with a consequent significant reduction in drug usage. A specific osteopathic manipulative treatment protocol addressing such potential sequelae of surgical procedures via a median sternotomy approach could potentially represent a very useful and cost-effective therapeutic approach and may be considered as a valid treatment option in these patients.