Resternotomy in pediatric cardiac surgery: CoSeal® initial experience

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Napoleone, Carlo Pace ^a   Oppido, Guido ^a   Angeli, Emanuela ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pediatric cardiac surgery; Pericardial adhesions; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY MALFORMATION; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846989010     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.141531     Document Type: Article

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