Omental transfer for deep sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass grafting with the right gastroepiploic artery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-472

  Kimura, Naoyuki ^a   Kawahito, Koji ^a   Ito, Satoshi ^a   Murata, Seiichiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^a   Adachi, Hideo ^a   Ino, Takashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sternal wound infection; Omental transfer; Right gastroepiploic artery graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STERNUM; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 30744470627     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.110726     Document Type: Article

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