A randomized controlled trial of 0.5% ferric hyaluronate gel (intergel) in the prevention of adhesions following abdominal surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-455

  Tang, Choong Leong ^a   Jayne, David G ^a   Seow Choen, Francis ^a   Ng, Yen Yee ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Mustapha, Noriza ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INTERGEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUS; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADHESIONS; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645470257     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000207837.71831.a2     Document Type: Article

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