Intraoperative application of fibrin sealant does not reduce the duration of closed suction drainage following radical axillary lymph node dissection in melanoma patients: A prospective randomized trial in 58 patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1450-1455

  Neuss, Heiko ^a   Raue, Wieland ^a   Koplin, Gerold ^a   Schwenk, Wolfgang ^a   Reetz, Christian ^a   Mall, Julian W ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; FIBRIN GLUE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROMA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN NECROSIS; SUCTION DRAINAGE;

AXILLA; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 45849115456     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9461-0     Document Type: Article

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