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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26638| Title: | New improved sternal bands - a biomechanical analysis |
| Authors: | Casha, Aaron Gauci, Marilyn Yang, Lang Cooper, Graham J. |
| Keywords: | Sternum -- Surgery Sternotomy Biomechanics |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Citation: | Casha, A. R., Gauci, M., Yang, L., & Cooper, G. J. (2000). New improved sternal bands - a biomechanical analysis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 18(4), 502. |
| Abstract: | Median sternotomy is the most commonly used surgical approach in cardiac surgery. Sternal dehiscence results in significant mortality and morbidity. The efficacy and safety of sternotomy closure using sternal bands has previously been demonstrated to provide an effective median sternotomy fixation. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26638 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SAna |
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