Retrosternal fat pad for prevention of suppurative sternitis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1484-1485

  Kejriwal, Nand K ^a   Paterson, Hugh S ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERNUM; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031149836     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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