Fibrin glue in pulmonary resection: A prospective, randomized, blinded study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1587-1592

  Fabian, Thomas ^a   Federico, John A ^a   Ponn, Ronald B ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b General Thoracic Surgeons of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ALVEOLAR AIR LEAK; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY;

EID: 0037407494     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04994-9     Document Type: Article

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