Autologous platelet gel in coronary artery bypass grafting: Effects on surgical wound healing

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Vang, See N ^a,b   Brady, Chad P ^a,b   Christensen, Kevin A ^a,b   Allen, Keith R ^a   Anderson, John E ^a   Isler, Jack R ^a   Holt, David W ^b   Smith, Lynette M ^b  

^a Mercy Medical Center Sioux City   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous platelet gel; Bruising; Growth factors; Nociceptors; Pain; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN INCISION; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; AGED; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; GEL; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250206630     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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