Gingko Biloba: A Case Report of Herbal Medicine and Bleeding Postoperatively from a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-35

  Fessenden, John M ^a   Wittenborn, William ^a   Clarke, Leon ^a  

^a Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DRUG INTERACTION; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0035226886     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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