A modified parasternal wire technique for prevention and treatment of sternal dehiscence

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 210-213

  Sharma, Rajeev ^a   Puri, Deepak ^a,b   Panigrahi, Bishnu P ^a   Virdi, Inderjeet S ^a  

^a INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASTERNAL WIRE CLOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 1642564218     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01339-0     Document Type: Article

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