A new classification of post-sternotomy dehiscence

The dehiscence after median transesternal sternotomy used as surgical access for cardiac surgery is one of its complications and it increases the patient's morbidity and mortality. A variety of surgical techniques were recently described resulting to the need of a classification bringing a meas...

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Main Authors: Jaime Anger, Daniel Chagas Dantas, Renato Tambellini Arnoni, Pedro Sílvio Farsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2015-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000100019&lng=en&tlng=en