Omentum is highly effective in the management of complex cardiothoracic surgical problems

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 526-532

  Shrager, Joseph B ^b,c   Wain, John C ^a   Wright, Cameron D ^a   Donahue, Dean M ^a   Vlahakes, Gus J ^a   Moncure, Ashby C ^a   Grillo, Hermes C ^a   Mathisen, Douglas J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; OMENTUM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0037352562     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.12     Document Type: Article

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