title: Are absorbable sutures inadequate to close the sternum?
authors.forename: Xue Ning
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pastorino
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006801:Humans; D011108:Polymers; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011108:Polymers; C046409:polyglyconate