Pericardial closure with polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane or biodegradable polyglycolic acid mesh after coronary artery bypass surgery a baseline report

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-39

  Lahtinen, J ^a,b   Satta, J ^a   Pokela, R ^a   Nissinen, J ^a   Juvonen, T ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery surgery; Pericardial closure; Polyglycolic acid mesh; Polytetrafluoroethylene membrane

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031970492     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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