Microscopic appearance of iatrogenic foreign bodies in neurosurgery

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 301-307

  Fitzgerald, L F ^a,b   Goodman, J C ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Muslin; Polarized microscopy

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM; MICROCRYSTALLINE COLLAGEN; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLITEF; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COTTON; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HEMOSTASIS; NEUROSURGERY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SILK; SUTURE;

FOREIGN BODIES; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032742370     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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