Sternum screw: Analysis of a novel approach to the closure of the chest after surgery

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-74

  Jutley, Rajwinder S ^a   Shepherd, Duncan E T ^a   Hukins, David W L ^a   Jeffrey, Robert R ^a   Fabri, B M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART SURGERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOOD; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 0036213290     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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