Tissue glues and nonsuturing techniques

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 396-401

  Pursifull, Nathan F ^a   Morey, Allen F ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemostasis; Tissue adhesives; Urology

Indexed keywords

2 CYANOACRYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; 2 CYANOACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ACRYLIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYANOACRYLATE; ENBUCRILATE; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRINOGEN; GELATIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; METHACRYLOXYSULFOLANE; THROMBIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; BLADDER INJURY; CANCER SURGERY; CIRCUMCISION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHOCELE; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PYELOPLASTY; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETHROPLASTY; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; URINARY TRACT INJURY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CYANOACRYLATES; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NEPHRECTOMY; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEINS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35148886304     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3282f0d683     Document Type: Review

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