Results of omental flap transposition for deep sternal wound infection after cardiovascular surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 455-459

  Yasuura, Kenzo ^a   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Shin ^a   Ogawa, Yutaka ^a   Sawazaki, Masaru ^a   Seki, Akira ^a   Masumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuura, Akio ^a   Maseki, Takashi ^a   Torii, Shuhei ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; STERNUM; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031913207     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199803000-00019     Document Type: Article

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