Factors affecting hypertrophic scar development in median sternotomy incisions for congenital cardiac surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 218-223

  Nakamura, Koki ^a   Irie, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Masahiro ^a   Mitani, Hidenobu ^a   Sunami, Hiroshi ^a   Sano, Shunji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANILAST;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFANT; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 0030820443     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(97)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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