A prospective randomized trial of the efficacy of marginal quilting sutures and fibrin sealant in reducing the incidence of seromas in the extended latissimus dorsi donor site

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1309-1317

  Dancey, Anne Louise ^a,b   Cheema, Mubashir ^a   Thomas, Sunil S ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77951865068     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d4fb68     Document Type: Article

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