Preliminary Evaluation of the Sternum Screw: A Novel Method for Improved Sternal Closure to Prevent Dehiscence

Vascular

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-89

  Jutley, Rajwinder S ^a,b   Shepherd, Duncan E T ^b   Hukins, David W L ^b   Jeffrey, Robert R ^a  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dehiscence; screw; sternal closure; sternal wires

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CANNULA; CANNULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EVALUATION; FORCE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; MACHINE; MEDIASTINITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; STERNUM SCREW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE; WIRE FIXATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 12244311905     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090301100116     Document Type: Article

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