Effect of fibrin glue on air leak and length of hospital stay after pulmonary lobectomy

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 771-773

  Gagarine, A ^a   Urschel, J D ^a,b   Miller, J D ^a   Bennett, W F ^a   Young, J E M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest tubes; Fibrin tissue adhesive; Lung neoplasms, surgery; Postoperative complications, prevention and control; Tissue adhesives, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1042303612     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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