Malignant Invasion of Sternotomy Incision After Cardiac Operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1295-1296

  Chan, Vincent ^a   Lau, Jacqueline ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a   Dennie, Carole ^a   Ruel, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM;

EID: 77949553622     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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