Surgical adhesions: A timely update, a great challenge for the future

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-22

  Davey, Andrew K ^a   Maher, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesions

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CELLULOSE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTRAN 70; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYALURONIC ACID; ICODEXTRIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MITOMYCIN C; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLITEF; POLYLACTIC ACID; STREPTOKINASE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BLEEDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADHESIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33846013950     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2006.07.013     Document Type: Review

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