Transverse sternal plating in secondary sternal reconstruction

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1476-1480

  Huh, Joseph ^a,c   Bakaeen, Faisal ^a,c   Chu, Danny ^a,c   Wall Jr , Matthew J ^b,c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEROMA; SMOKING HABIT; STERNAL PLATE FRACTURE; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSVERSE STERNAL PLATING;

AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; THORACOTOMY; TITANIUM;

EID: 57949089256     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.03.051     Document Type: Article

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