Force distribution in wire sternum sutures: The consequences for sternal closure rigidity

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Krejca, Michał ^a   Szmagała, Przemysław ^a   Skarysz, Janusz ^a   Bochenek, Krystyna ^a,b   Ulczok, Rafał ^a   Bis, Jarosław ^a   Bochenek, Andrzej ^a  

^a Upper Silesian Heart Center Katowice   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomechanical analysis; Sternotomy; Wire closure

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HEART SURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING TEST; OPEN HEART SURGERY; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WIRE FIXATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATTLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STERNUM; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0038221144     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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