A comparison of burst pressure between buttressed versus non-buttressed staple-lines in an animal Model

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-171

  Arnold, William ^a   Shikora, Scott A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine pericardial strips; Burst pressure; Peristrips Dry ; Staple line; Staple line buttressing; Staple line disruption

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; INTESTINE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTRIC BYPASS; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SURGICAL STAPLING; SWINE;

EID: 14644423266     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892053268309     Document Type: Article

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