A prospective randomized study of sternal closure: comparison of Mersilene tape versus standard wire closure.

Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 362-366

  Imagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nakano, Susumu ^a   Kawachi, Kanji ^a   Takano, Shinji ^a   Tsunooka, Nobuo ^a   Shikata, Fumiaki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNUM; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STERNUM; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747598043     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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