A Novel Bioresorbable Film Reduces Postoperative Adhesions After Infant Cardiac Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 614-621

  Lodge, Andrew J ^a   Wells, Winfield J ^b   Backer, Carl L ^c   O'Brien Jr , James E ^d   Austin, Erle H ^e   Bacha, Emile A ^f   Yeh Jr , Thomas ^g   DeCampli, William M ^h   Lavin, Philip T ⁱ   Weinstein, Samuel ^j  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

ⁱ Boston Biostatistics Research Foundation   (United States)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FILM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADHESIONS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; STERNUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 47149085870     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.103     Document Type: Article

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