A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of the effectiveness of BioGlue in treating alveolar air leaks

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-112

  Tansley, Patrick ^a   Al Mulhim, Faisal ^a   Lim, Eric ^a   Ladas, George ^a   Goldstraw, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR AIR LEAK; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG INJURY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 33745198263     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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