Crossed wiring closure technique for bilateral transverse thoracosternotomy is associated with less sternal dehiscence after bilateral sequential lung transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 901-905

  Koster, Theodoor D ^a   Ramjankhan, Faiz Z ^a   Van De Graaf, Ed A ^a   Luijk, Bart ^a   Van Kessel, Diana A ^b   Meijer, Ronald C A ^a   Kwakkel Van Erp, Johanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL SEQUENTIAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; BILATERAL TRANSVERSE THORACOSTERNOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSED WIRING CLOSURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHODONTIC WIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STERNAL DEHISCENCE; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

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ADULT; BONE WIRES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84884415833     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.033     Document Type: Article

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