Sternal closure using semirigid fixation with thermoreactive clips

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 943-945

  Centofanti, Paolo ^a   La Torre, Michele ^a   Barbato, Luciano ^a   Verzini, Alessandro ^a   Patanè, Francesco ^a   Di Summa, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIP; FISTULA; HEALING; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STERNOTOMY; TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ALLOYS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036712838     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03674-3     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Routine sternal closure using six overlapping figure-of-8 wires
2. The median sternal incision in intracardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation: A general evaluation of its use in heart surgery