Improved sternal closure using steel bands: Early experience with three-year follow-up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1172-1176

  Soroff, Harry S ^a   Hartman, Alan R ^a   Pak, Eugene ^a   Sasvary, Dawn H ^a   Pollak, Stanley B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; STERNUM; SUTURE;

AGED; BONE WIRES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STAINLESS STEEL; STERNUM; SUTURES;

EID: 0030118635     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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