Sternal healing comes from stable beginnings

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep;154(3):943-944. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.05.007.

Authors

Keith B Allen¹, Vinod H Thourani², Yoshifumi Naka³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Mo.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.

PMID: 28826161
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.05.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Bone Wires
Sternotomy*
Sternum*
Wound Healing