Primary sternal closure with titanium plate fixation: Plastic surgery effecting a paradigm shift

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1720-1724

  Lee, Justine C ^a   Raman, Jai ^a   Song, David H ^a,b  

^a University of Chicago Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TITANIUM;

EID: 77953262507     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d51292     Document Type: Article

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