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A Randomized Trial to Assess the Contribution of a Novel Thorax Support Vest (Corset) in Preventing Mechanical Complications of Median Sternotomy

OBJECTIVES: Mechanical complications of median sternotomy may cause significant morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgical patients. This study was aimed at assessing the role of Posthorax support vest (Epple, Inc., Vienna, Austria) in the prevention of sternal complications and the improvement of...

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Autores principales: Caimmi, Philippe P., Sabbatini, Maurizio, Kapetanakis, Emmanouil I., Cantone, Silvia, Ferraz, Marcus V., Cannas, Mario, Tesler, Ugo F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27995554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40119-016-0078-y