Novel adhesive skin closures improve wound healing following saphenous vein harvesting

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-155

  Lazar, Harold L ^a,b   McCann, James ^a   Fitzgerald, Carmel A ^a   Thompson, Janet ^a   Bao, Yusheng ^a   Cabral, Howard J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADHESIVES; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 39849100399     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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