Efficacy and safety of TachoSil® versus standard treatment of air leakage after pulmonary lobectomy

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 683-689

  Marta, Gabriel Mihai ^a   Facciolo, Francesco ^b   Ladegaard, Lars ^c   Dienemann, Hendrik ^d   Csekeo, Attila ^e   Rea, Federico ^f   Dango, Sebastian ^g   Spaggiari, Lorenzo ^h   Tetens, Vilhelm ⁱ   Klepetko, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL KORANYI INSTITUTE OF PULMONOLOGY   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ Nycomed Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complications; Lobectomy (lung)

Indexed keywords

SEALANT;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR AIR LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCREENING; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURING METHOD; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL SPONGES; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THROMBIN; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649333362     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.03.061     Document Type: Article

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