Transposition of the great omentum for infected sternotomy wounds in cardiac surgery. Report of 16 cases and review of published reports

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-29

  Moor, Eldad V ^a   Neuman, Rami A ^a   Weinberg, Abraham ^a   Wexler, Menachem R ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infected sternotomy; Transposition of great omentum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREATER OMENTUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REOPERATION; SKIN GRAFT; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032778321     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159596     Document Type: Article

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