Clinical application of soft polyglycolic acid felt for hemostasis and repair of a lacerated liver: Report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-192

  Golling, Markus ^a   Schaudt, Andre ^a   Mehrabi, Arianeb ^b   Mood, Zhoobin A ^b   Bechstein, Wolf O ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver surgery; Liver trauma and laceration; Polyglycolic acid felt

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SEALANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; SUTURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; LIVER; MALE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

EID: 38849102306     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3587-4     Document Type: Article

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