Comparison of the effects of an adhesion barrier and chitin on experimental epidural fibrosis;Deneysel epidural fibroziste adezyon bariyeri ile chitin'in etkinliǧinin karşlaştırılması

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-463

  Keskin, Fatih ^a   Esen, Hasan ^b  

^a Karaman State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesion barriers; Chitin; Epidural fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958600559     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3205-10.2     Document Type: Article

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