Use of sealants in pancreatic surgery: Critical appraisal of the literature

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Fingerhut, Abe ^a,c   Veyrie, Nicolas ^b   Ata, Toufik ^a   Alexakis, Nicholas ^c   Leandros, Emmanuel ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fibrin sealants; Fistula; Pancreatic resection

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; COLLAGEN; ETHIBLOC; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRINOGEN; NEOPRENE; TACHOSIL; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS DUCT LIGATION; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PANCREATITIS; REVIEW; STAPLER; SUTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DUCTS;

EID: 58149477335     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000191284     Document Type: Review

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