Exploratory, randomized, controlled, phase 2 study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of adjuvant fibrin sealant VH S/D 4 S-apr (ARTISS) in patients undergoing rhytidectomy

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-333

  Hester, T Roderick ^a   Gerut, Zachary E ^b   Shire, James R ^c   Nguyen, Davis B ^d   Chen, Achih H ^e   Diamond, Jason ^d   Desmond, Julian C ^f   Silvati Fidell, Laura ^f   Abrams, Steve Zvi ^f  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

^d Private Practice   (United States)

^e Private Practice   (United States)

^f BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

fibrin sealant; hemostasis; rhytidectomy; tissue adherence

Indexed keywords

ARTISS; FIBRIN GLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAINAGE TUBE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECCHYMOSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SEROMA; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DRAINAGE; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REJUVENATION; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SEROMA; SKIN AGING; STANDARD OF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875546252     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X13477860     Document Type: Article

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