Benefits of fibrin sealants in parotidectomy: Is underflap suction drainage necessary?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1708-1709

  Patel, Manish J ^a   Garg, Rohit ^a   Rice, Dale H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PAROTIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SUCTION DRAINAGE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; SUCTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748525541     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000231785.96955.c8     Document Type: Article

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