Fibrin glue reduces the severity of intra-abdominal adhesions in a rat model

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-580

  De Virgilio, Christian ^a   Elbassir, Magdi ^a   Hidalgo, Alvaro ^a   Schaber, Bethann ^a   French, Samuel ^a   Amin, Sameer ^a   Stabile, Bruce E ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 0033393449     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00237-8     Document Type: Article

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