Sternal stabilization using allograft fibula following cardiac transplantation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1284-1288

  Nahabedian, M Y ^a   Riley, L H ^a   Greene, P S ^a   Yang, S C ^a   Vander Kolk, C A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE DEFECT; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBULA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0034791676     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200110000-00029     Document Type: Article

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