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BioGlue and Peri-strips in lung volume reduction surgery: pilot randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Both tissue sealants and buttressing have been advocated to reduce alveolar air leaks from staple lines following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS). However, the long term detrimental effects of buttressing material are increasingly apparent. We performed a pilot prospective randomise...

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Autores principales: Rathinam, Sridhar, Naidu, Babu V, Nanjaiah, Prakash, Loubani, Mahmoud, Kalkat, Maninder S, Rajesh, Pala B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19615062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-4-37