Use of fibrin sealant (Tisseel/Tissucol) in hernia repair: A systematic review

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1803-1812

  Fortelny, René H ^a   Petter Puchner, Alexander H ^b   Glaser, Karl S ^a   Redl, Heinz ^b  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fibrin sealant; Hernia; Repair; Tension free; Tisseel; Tissucol

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

BLEEDING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84864070072     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2156-0     Document Type: Review

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