Safety and effectiveness of a new fibrin pleural air leak sealant: A multicenter, controlled, prospective, parallel-group, randomized clinical trial

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1217-1225

  Gonfiotti, Alessandro ^a   Santini, Paolo F ^a   Jaus, Massimo ^a   Janni, Alberto ^a   Lococo, Achille ^b   De Massimi, Alessia Raffaella ^c   D'Agostino, Adolfo ^b   Carleo, Francesco ^c   Di Martino, Marco ^c   Larocca, Valentina ^b   Cardillo, Giuseppe ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Pescara Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; FIBRIN GLUE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ALVEOLAR AIR LEAK; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053325168     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.104     Document Type: Article

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