The TachoSil-Pledget Stitch: Towards Eradication of Suture Hole Bleeding

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2002-2004

  Shimamoto, Takeshi ^a   Marui, Akira ^a   Nishina, Takeshi ^a   Saji, Yoshiaki ^a   Komeda, Masashi ^a,b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

^c SEIWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THROMBIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56049091517     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.073     Document Type: Article

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