The Reinforced Sternal Closure System® is reliable to use in elderly patients

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-273

  Okutan, Hüseyin ^a,c   Tenekeci, Cumhur ^a   Kutsal, Ali ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RARE DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STAPLER; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE WIRES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 18744395489     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.200432.x     Document Type: Article

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