Effect of bovine pericardial strips on air leak after stapled pulmonary resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1573-1575

  Hazelrigg, Stephen R ^a   Boley, Theresa M ^b   Naunheim, Keith S ^b   Magee, Mitchell J ^b   Lawyer, Carl ^b   Henkle, Joseph Q ^b   Keller, Cesar N ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0030842841     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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