Assessment of the effect on blood loss and transfusion requirements when adding a polyethylene glycol sealant to the anastomotic closure of aortic procedures: a case-control analysis of 102 patients undergoing Bentall procedures

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Natour, Ehsan ^a   Suedkamp, Michael ^b   Dapunt, Otto E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic repair; Blood loss; Economics; Surgical sealant; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

COSEAL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SUTURE; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SUTURES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84867093349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-105     Document Type: Article

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