Surgical management of persistent mediastinitis after coronary bypass grafting

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 854-856

  Eckstein, Friedrich S ^a   Albes, Johannes M ^a   Jurmann, Michael J ^a   Scheule, Albertus M ^a   Raygrotzki, Sabine ^a   Laniado, Michael ^a   Ziemer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CARTILAGE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OMENTUM; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REOPERATION; RIBS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0030874865     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00688-7     Document Type: Article

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