Prospective randomized multicenter trial of fibrin sealant versus thrombin-soaked gelatin sponge for suture- or needle-hole bleeding from polytetrafluoroethylene femoral artery grafts

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 766-771

  Taylor Jr , Lloyd M ^a   Mueller Velten, Guenther ^f   Koslow, Allen ^b   Hunter, Glenn ^c   Naslund, Thomas ^d   Kline, Ronald ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA HEART CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GELATIN SPONGE; POLITEF; THROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FIBRIN CLOT; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0141988933     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00474-9     Document Type: Article

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