Sternal wrapping for the prevention of sternal morbidity: In elderly osteoporotic patients undergoing median sternotomy

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-136

  Kirbas, Ahmet ^a   Celik, Sezai ^a   Gurer, Onur ^a   Yildiz, Yahya ^a   Isik, Omer ^a  

^a Medicana Hospitals Camlica   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aged; Bone density; Bone wax; Bone wires; Hemostasis, surgical methods; Osteoporosis; Polyvinyl chloride; Prospective studies; Sternotomy, median; Sternum surgery; Surgical wound dehiscence prevention and control; Surgical wound infection prevention and control

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STERNAL WRAPPING; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TUBE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHEST PAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79955118252     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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