Sensitivity to sternotomy wires may cause postoperative pruritus

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1514-1516

  Gordon, Patricia M ^a   Buxton, Paul K ^a   McLaren, Kathryn M ^a   Aldridge, Roger D ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 0029985761     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01126-9     Document Type: Article

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