Rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap after unsuccessful delayed sternal closure

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 956-958

  Shibata, Toshihiko ^a   Hattori, Koji ^a   Hirai, Hidekazu ^a   Fujii, Hiromichi ^a   Aoyama, Takanobu ^a   Seuhiro, Shigefumi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0042832431     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00438-7     Document Type: Article

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