Osteosynthetic thoracic stabilization after complete resection of the sternum

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 391-393

  Voss, Bernhard ^a   Bauernschmitt, Robert ^a   Brockmann, Gernot ^a   Lange, Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest wall reconstruction; Osteosynthesis; Rigid plate fixation; Sternal non union

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TITANIUM;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; BONE PLATES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347404654     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.04.028     Document Type: Article

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