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Supportive treatment using a compression garment vest of painful sternal instability following deep surgical wound infection: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Sternal dehiscence and instability poses a significant cause of persistent pain and limited quality of life following hospital discharge for 0.2% to 5% of patients who have undergone median sternotomy for open heart surgery. We report a successful, conservative, supportive long-term th...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20701783 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-266 |