Clinical Benefit of Gastric Staple Line Reinforcement (SLR) in Gastrointestinal Surgery: a Meta-analysis

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1133-1141

  Shikora, Scott A ^a   Mahoney, Christine B ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable glycolide copolymer; Bovine pericardium; Staple line bleed; Staple line buttress; Staple line leak; Staple line oversewing; Staple lines

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BOVINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GASTRIC STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL STAPLER; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBID OBESITY; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DEVICES; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CATTLE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY, MORBID; PERICARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURES;

EID: 84930761576     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-015-1703-x     Document Type: Article

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