Harmonic scalpel reduces bleeding and postoperative complications in redo cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 934-938

  Luciani, Nicola ^b   Anselmi, Amedeo ^a   Gaudino, Mario ^b   Nasso, Giuseppe ^b   Glieca, Franco ^b   Martinelli, Lorenzo ^b   Santarelli, Filippo ^b   Perisano, Mario ^b   Possati, Gianfederico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INJURY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALPEL;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 23944463456     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.049     Document Type: Article

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