Sternal plating for the treatment of sternal nonunion

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 512-518

  Hendrickson, Steven C ^a,b   Koger, Kim E ^a,b   Morea, Christopher J ^a,b   Aponte, Reynaldo L ^a,b   Smith, Peter K ^a,b   Levin, L Scott ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 3945 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0030219888     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00317-7     Document Type: Article

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