BioGlue and Dermabond save time, leak less, and are not mechanically inferior to two-layer and modified one-layer vasovasostomy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 560-565

  Saunders, Marnie M ^a   Baxter, Z Chad ^b   Abou Elella, Ashraf ^b   Kunselman, Allen R ^b   Trussell, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BioGlue; CoSeal; Dermabond; microsurgery; tissue adhesive; Vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DISSECTION; MALE; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAS DEFERENS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYANOACRYLATES; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; VAS DEFERENS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 59249094538     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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