Reduction of wound healing problems after median sternotomy by use of retention sutures

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2125-2126

  Lamm, Peter ^a   Gödje, Oliver L ^a   Lange, Thomas ^a   Reichart, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032466587     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01088-1     Document Type: Article

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