Correction (DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.042);The Effects of a Soluble Polymer and Bone Wax on Sternal Healing in an Animal Model

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1776-1780

  Wellisz, Tadeusz ^a   Armstrong, Jonathan K ^a   Cambridge, John ^a   An, Yuehuei H ^b   Wen, Xuejun ^b   Hill, Christopher M ^b   Fisher, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Medical University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE WAX; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; TREATMENT DURATION; X RAY PICTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 42949125301     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.021     Document Type: Erratum

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