Open chest management after cardiac operations: Outcome and timing of delayed sternal closure

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1146-1150

  Boeken, Udo ^a   Assmann, Alexander ^a   Mehdiani, Arash ^a   Akhyari, Payam ^a   Lichtenberg, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Delayed sternal closure; LCOS; Open chest; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART EDEMA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053999727     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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