Bilateral pectoral myocutaneous advancement flaps and anatomic sternal wound reconstruction in cyanotic infants with mediastinitis

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Kollar, Andras ^a   Drinkwater Jr , Davis C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOSIS; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038697352     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02038.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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