Extrusion of Teflon® aortic pledgets from a sternal wound six years after cardiac surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 150-151

  Conn, Kevin S ^a   Dunning, John J ^b   Pillai, Ravi ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Foreign body; Infection

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE; TIME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031179143     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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