Dexon mesh splenorrhaphy for intraoperative splenic injuries

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Berry, Mark F ^a   Rosato, Ernest F ^a   Williams, Noel N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; STANDARD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATELECTASIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037313322     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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