Remnant omental transfer for the mediastinitis after coronary bypass surgery with right gastroepiploic artery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 269-271

  Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a   Sadahiro, Mitsuaki ^a   Iguchi, Atsusi ^a   Ohmi, Mikio ^a   Tabayashi, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Shigeo ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

AGED; ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; STOMACH;

EID: 0032807074     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00490-7     Document Type: Article

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