Barrier agents for adhesion prevention after gynaecological surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ahmad, Gaity ^a   Duffy, J M N ^b   Farquhar, C ^b   Vail, A ^b   Vandekerckhove, P ^b   Watson, A ^b   Wiseman, D ^b  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adhesions *prevention control ; Cellulose, oxidized *therapeutic use ; Cervix uteri surgery ; Infertility, female *surgery ; Pain, postoperative prevention control ; Pelvis surgery

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ATELECTASIS; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDLINE; MYOMECTOMY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS ADHESION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 44949177541     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000475.pub2     Document Type: Review

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