Anterior thoracotomy wound complications in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1338-1340

  Ng, Peter C ^a   Chua, Arlene N ^a   Swanson, Melvin S ^a   Koutlas, Theodore C ^a   Chitwood, W Randolph ^a   Elbeery, Joseph R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0033932720     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01222-4     Document Type: Article

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