Sternal Plating to Prevent Malunion of Transverse Sternotomy in Lung Transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1384-1385

  Gandy, Kimberly L ^a   Moulton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNAL MALUNION; STERNAL PLATING; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 52049096428     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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