Pectoralis major muscle flap for deep sternal wound infection in neonates

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 572-577

  Erez, Eldad ^a   Katz, Miriam ^a   Sharoni, Erez ^a   Katz, Yaakov ^a   Leviav, Amos ^a   Vidne, Bernardo A ^a,b   Dagan, Ovadia ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FLAP; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDIASTINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0034006747     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01075-9     Document Type: Article

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