New Transverse Plate Fixation System for Complicated Sternal Wound Infection After Median Sternotomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1210-1212

  Plass, Andre ^a   Grünenfelder, Jürg ^a   Reuthebuch, Oliver ^b   Vachenauer, Robert ^a   Gauer, Jean Marc ^a   Zünd, Gregor ^a   Genoni, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; TRANSVERSE PLATE FIXATION SYSTEM; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TITANIUM;

EID: 33847293331     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.03.080     Document Type: Article

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