A new technique of reinforced sternal closure

Vascular

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 639-640

  Watanabe, G ^a   Misaki, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kirschner wire; pectus excavatum; sternal closure; sternal dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0030272544     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099600400513     Document Type: Article

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