Composite plate and wire fixation for complicated sternal closure

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-221

  Mitra, Amithabha ^a,b   Elahi, Mohammed M ^a   Tariq, Gul Bano ^a   Mir, Harris ^a   Powell, Rhoda ^a   Spears, Julia ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite fixation; Plating; Sternal closure; Sternal nonunion

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STAINLESS STEEL; STERNUM; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644340597     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000120316.11969.e0     Document Type: Article

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