Effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper on air leakage in the lung and prevention of bleeding: An experimental study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kiliçgün, Ali ^a   Sarikaş, Necla G ^a   Korkmaz, Tanzer ^a   Saydam, Özkan ^b   Boran, Çetin ^a   Boztaş, Güledal ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c City Healt Administrative ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RAT; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

AIR; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951959717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-20     Document Type: Article

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