Silastic drains vs conventional chest tubes after coronary artery bypass

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-113

  Frankel, Timothy L ^a,d   Hill, Peter C ^a   Stamou, Sotiris C ^b   Lowery, Robert C ^a   Pfister, Albert J ^a   Jain, Arvind ^c   Corso, Paul J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Comparative study; Drainage methods

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 0038159974     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.1.108     Document Type: Article

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