The efficacy of a novel chitosan gel on hemostasis and wound healing after endoscopic sinus surgery

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-75

  Valentine, Rowan ^a   Athanasiadis, Theo ^a   Moratti, Stephen ^b   Hanton, Lyall ^b   Robinson, Simon ^c   Wormald, Peter John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Wakefield Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Chitosan; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Dextran; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Healing; Hemostasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; CHITOSAN DEXTRAN GEL; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GEL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; NOSE EDEMA; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHITOSAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUSES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 75849158711     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2010.24.3422     Document Type: Article

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