Adhesion prevention and reduction: Current status and future recommendations of a multinational interdisciplinary consensus conference

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Diamond, Michael P ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^b   Dizereg, Gere S ^c   Korell, Matthias ^d   Zmora, Oded ^e   Van Goor, Harry ^f   Kamar, Moshe ^e,g  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^g Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

adhesions; anti adhesion; intra abdominal adhesion; standard laparotomy; surgical trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVICE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TISSUE ADHESION;

ABDOMEN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 77956253334     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350610379869     Document Type: Review

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