Randomized controlled trial of fibrin sealant to reduce postoperative drainage following elective lymph node dissection

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 918-924

  Swan, M C ^a   Oliver, D W ^a   Cassell, O C S ^a   Coleman, D J ^a   Williams, N ^a   Morritt, D G ^a   Giele, H P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 79957759391     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7462     Document Type: Article

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