Surgical approach for pericardiectomy: A comparative study between median sternotomy and left anterolateral thoracotomy

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 322-326

  Tiruvoipati, Ravindranath ^a,b   Naik, Ramvatu Devasingh ^a   Loubani, Mahmoud ^a   Billa, George Nova ^a  

^a OSMANIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Median sternotomy; Pericardiectomy; Pericarditis; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0042887353     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00074-4     Document Type: Review

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