An alternative reinforced closure technique with external Kirschner wires in sternal dehiscence

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-157

  Omay, Oguz ^a   Ozker, Emre ^b,d   Indelen, Cenk ^c   Suzer, Kaya ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Camlica Omur Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250791529     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20061190     Document Type: Article

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