Measurement of Non-Physiological Movement in Sternal Instability by Ultrasound

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1513-1516

  El Ansary, Doa ^a   Waddington, Gordon ^a   Adams, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STERNAL INSTABILITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33947317305     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.058     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. El Gamel A., Yonan N.A., Hassan R., et al. Treatment of mediastinitis: early modified Robicsek closure and pectoralis major advancement flaps. Ann Thoracic Surg 65 (1998) 41-46
2. McGregor W.E., Trumble D.R., and Magovern J.A. Mechanical analysis of midline sternotomy wound closure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 117 (1999) 1144-1150
3. Robicsek F., Fokin A.A., Cook J., and Bhatia B. Sternal instability after midline sternotomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 48 (2000) 1-8
4. Kouchoukos N.T., Wareing T.H., Murphy S.F., Pelate C., and Mashall W.G. Risks of bilateral internal mammary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 49 (1999) 179-187
5. Fokin A.A., Robicsek F., Masters T.N., Fokin A., Reames M.K., and Anderson J.E. Sternal nourishment in various conditions of vascularization sternum. Ann Thorac Surg 79 (2005) 1352-1357
6. Moore K.L. Clinically oriented anatomy. 5th edit (2005), Williams and Wilkins, Canada, Baltimore
7. El-Ansary D., Adams R., Toms L., and Elkins M. Sternal instability following coronary artery bypass grafting. Physiother Theory Pract 16 (2000) 27-33
8. Bitkover C.Y., Cederlund K., Aberg B., and Vaage J. Computed tomography of the sternum and mediastinum after median sternotomy. Ann Thorac Surg 68 (1999) 858-863
9. Yip S.K., Sahota D., and Chang A.M. Determining the reliability of ultrasound measurements and the validity of the formulae for ultrasound estimation of postvoid residual bladder volume in postpartum women. Neurological Urodyn 22 (2003) 255-260
10. Rankin G., and Stokes M. Reliability of assessment tools in rehabilitation: an illustration of appropriate statistical analyses. Clin Rehabil 12 3 (1998) 187-199