Use of the SpaceMaker balloon in sternal wound closure: Comparison with other techniques

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1582-1588

  Hauben, D J ^a   Shulman, O ^a   Levi, Y ^a   Sulkes, J ^a   Amir, A ^a   Silfen, R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; NOTE;

EID: 0034765795     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200111000-00022     Document Type: Article

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