Validation of a bone analog model for studies of sternal closure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 739-744

  Trumble, Dennis R ^a   McGregor, Walter E ^a   Magovern, James A ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIRE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POLYURETHANES; STERNUM; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRACTION;

EID: 0036712908     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03699-8     Document Type: Article

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