A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews and Panoramic Meta-Analysis: Staples versus Sutures for Surgical Procedures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Hemming, Karla ^a   Pinkney, Thomas ^b   Futaba, Kay ^b   Pennant, Mary ^a   Morton, Dion G ^b   Lilford, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; ILECOLIC ANASTOMOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND CLOSURE;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84885029253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075132     Document Type: Article

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