Bioabsorbable poly-L-lactide costal coaptation pins and their clinical application in thoracotomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 765-768

  Tatsumi, Akitoshi ^a   Kanemitsu, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Tatsuo ^a   Shimizu, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a Kochi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SAFETY; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE REACTION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; RIBS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0032909964     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01264-8     Document Type: Article

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