Prospective randomized study evaluating a biodegradable polymeric sealant for sealing intraoperative air leaks that occur during pulmonary resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1792-1801

  Allen, Mark S ^a   Wood, Douglas E ^b   Hawkinson, Ronald W ^b   Harpole, David H ^b   McKenna, Robert J ^b   Walsh, Garrett L ^b   Vallieres, Eric ^b   Miller, Daniel L ^b   Nichols III, Francis C ^b   Smythe, W Roy ^b   Davis, Robert D ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

11

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; SEALANT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; AIR LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STAPLER; SUTURE; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 11144355151     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.049     Document Type: Article

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