Adhesion barriers for abdominal surgery: A sticky problem

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9911, 2014, Pages 8-10

  Trochsler, Markus ^a   Maddern, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; ICODEXTRIN; MACROGOL; PARAFFIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADHESION BARRIER; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; WOUND HEALING; ABDOMEN; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TISSUE ADHESION;

ABDOMEN; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 84892695675     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62002-4     Document Type: Note

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