Healing in the gastrointestinal tract

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 549-573

  Thornton, F J ^a   Barbul, A ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

AGE; ANATOMY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE PREPARATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031009864     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70568-5     Document Type: Article

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