Sternal weave in high-risk patients to prevent noninfective sternal dehiscence

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-170

  Narang, Sumit ^a   Banerjee, Amit ^a   Satsangi, Deepak K ^a   Geelani, Muhammad A ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Sternum; Thoracic surgical procedures; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE WIRES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349251539     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309103306     Document Type: Article

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