Adhesion barriers at cesarean delivery: Advertising compared with the evidence

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-160

  Albright, Catherine M ^a,b   Rouse, Dwight J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CESAREAN SECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CELLULOSE, OXIDIZED; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MARKETING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959655432     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821d8438     Document Type: Review

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