Management of deep sternal infection in infants and children with advanced pectoralis major muscle flaps

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1371-1375

  Sung, Kiick ^a   Jun, Tae Gook ^a   Park, Pyo Won ^a   Park, Kay Hyun ^a   Lee, Young Tak ^a   Yang, Ji Hyuk ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT MOBILITY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1842427737     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.020     Document Type: Article

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