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Management of sternum dehiscence in the postoperative period after cardiac surgery

Roberto Latorre Marques; Antoninho S Arnoni; Jarbas J Dinkhuysen; Paulo Chaccur; Camilo Abdulmassih Neto; Luiz Carlos Bento de Souza; Paulo P Paulista

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76381990000200009

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