Comparison of straight sternotomy & interlocking sternotomy in open heart surgery

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-62

  Madan, Kushal ^a   Gupta, Vishwa Prakash ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^a   Talwar, Sachin ^a   Choudhary, Shiv Kumar ^a   Airan, Balram ^a   Sampath Kumar, A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Interlocking sternotomy; Straight sternotomy; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COUGHING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIETZE SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; STERNUM;

EID: 33748101609     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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