The use of Seprafilm® in pediatric surgical patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 792-795

  Winfield, Robert D ^a   Ang, Darwin N ^b   Chen, Mike K ^a   Kays, David W ^a   Langham Jr , Max R ^c   Beierle, Elizabeth A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYALURONATE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ABDOMEN; ADHESION; ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHILD; ENTEROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROTOMY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HYALURONIC ACID; SEPRAFILM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848874140     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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