A reinforced sternal wiring technique for transverse thoracosternotomy closure in bilateral lung transplantation: From biomechanical test to clinical application

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 218-224

  Oto, Takahiro ^a   Venkatachalam, Ramkumar ^b   Morsi, Yos S ^b   Marasco, Silvana ^a   Pick, Adrian ^a   Rabinov, Marc ^a   Rosenfeldt, Franklin ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCED STERNUM WIRING TECHNIQUE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE THORACOSTERNOTOMY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; THORACOSTOMY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34250711375     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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