Cutaneous closure after cardiac operations: A controlled, randomized, prospective comparison of intradermal versus staple closures

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 226, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 606-612

  Johnson, Robert G ^a   Cohn, William E ^a   Thurer, Robert L ^a   McCarthy, James R ^a   Sirois, Cheryl A ^a   Weintraub, Ronald M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INCISION; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031459543     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199711000-00005     Document Type: Article

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