Coral as a substitute for bone grafts in delayed sternal closure in neonates

Pediatr Radiol. 2004 Dec;34(12):1028. doi: 10.1007/s00247-004-1287-4. Epub 2004 Sep 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Substitutes / therapeutic use*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / methods
  • Ceramics / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyapatites / therapeutic use*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sternum / diagnostic imaging
  • Sternum / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Bone Substitutes
  • Hydroxyapatites
  • coralline hydroxyapatite