Novel Fixation Technique for the Surgical Repair of Lung Hernias

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1034-1035

  Wiens, Scott ^a   Hunt, Ian ^a   Mahood, James ^a   Valji, Azim ^a   Stewart, Kenneth ^a   Bédard, Eric L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LUNG HERNIA; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 68849113637     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.032     Document Type: Article

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