Reconstruction of the Thorax With Ley Prosthesis After Resection of the Sternum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Pedersen, Thais A L ^a   Pilegaard, Hans K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LEY PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SEROMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STERNUM CHONDROSARCOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE PLATES; CHONDROSARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STERNUM;

EID: 62949116046     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.096     Document Type: Article

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