Rigid sternal fixation in the cardiac transplant population

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 896-897

  Song, David H ^a   Agarwal, Jayant P ^a   Jeevanandam, Valluvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STERNAL FIXATION; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0141519148     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00605-6     Document Type: Article

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