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Surgical outcomes of sternal rigid plate fixation from 2005 to 2016 using the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database
BACKGROUND: Sternal rigid plate fixation (RPF) has been adopted in recent years in high-risk cases to reduce complications associated with steel wire cerclage, the traditional approach to sternal closure. While sternal RPF has been associated with lower complication rates than wire cerclage, it has...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31336422 http://dx.doi.org/10.5999/aps.2018.01102 |