Methods to decrease blood loss during liver resection: A network meta-analysis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Simillis, Constantinos ^a   Li, Tianjing ^b   Vaughan, Jessica ^a   Becker, Lorne A ^c   Davidson, Brian R ^a   Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER RESECTION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY DISSECTING SEALER; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICES; HEMOSTASIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUCTION; UTILIZATION;

BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUCTION;

EID: 84901500120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010683.pub2     Document Type: Review

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