Temporary Sternotomy Wound Closure With Blood Bag

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 673-674

  Talwar, Sachin ^a   Malankar, Dhananjay ^a   Choudhary, Shiv Kumar ^a   Airan, Balram ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Open heart surgery; Patch material; Sternal closure

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; DEVICE REMOVAL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

HUMANS; STERNOTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77957874678     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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