Lower sternal reinforcement improves the stability of sternal closure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1618-1621

  Dasika, Uday K ^a   Trumble, Dennis R ^a   Magovern, James A ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; THORAX SURGERY;

BONE WIRES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STERNUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037406331     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04988-3     Document Type: Article

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