Internal fixation of the sternum in median sternotomy dehiscence

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1667-1673

  Chase, Christopher W ^a   Franklin, John D ^a,b   Guest, Daryl P ^a   Barker, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0033004239     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199905000-00014     Document Type: Article

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