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The “excluding” suture technique for surgical closure of ventricular septal defects: A retrospective study comparing the standard technique

BACKGROUND: Conventional methods of closure of ventricular septal defects involve placement of sutures 4-5 mm from the posterior inferior margin. This study compares the conventional method with an alternative technique wherein sutures are placed along the edge of the defect thereby “excluding” the...

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Autores principales: Varghese, Roy, Saheed, Sanni, Ravi, Amrutha K, Sherrif, Ejaz Ahmed, Agarwal, Ravi, Kothandam, Sivakumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625520
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.189116