Use of Sealants and Buttressing Material in Pulmonary Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-389

  Rice, Thomas W ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air leak; Lobectomy; Lung volume reduction surgery

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; SEALANT;

AIR LEAK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG VOLUME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA CAVITY; PLUERAL CAA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL STAPLING;

ANIMALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 77954354190     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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