Fibrin sealant provides superior hemostasis for sternotomy compared with bone wax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 641-644

  Yu, Lei ^a   Gu, Tianxiang ^a   Song, Laichun ^b   Shi, Enyi ^a   Fang, Qin ^a   Wang, Chun ^a   Zhao, Jin ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN ASIA HEART HOSPITAL   (China)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE WAX; FIBRIN GLUE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PALMITATES; PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; STERNOTOMY; SUCTION; WAXES;

EID: 84862921401     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.087     Document Type: Article

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