Sternal wound debridement and muscle flap reconstruction: Functional implications

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-122

  Netscher, David T ^a,b,c   Eladoumikdachi, Firas ^a   McHugh, Piper M ^b   Thornby, John ^a   Soltero, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEBRIDEMENT; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0043128607     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000058497.92264.E2     Document Type: Article

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