Prevention of postoperative abdominal adhesions by a sodium hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane: a prospective, randomized, double-blind multicenter study.

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Published in J Am Coll Surg on October 01, 1996

Authors

J M Becker1, M T Dayton, V W Fazio, D E Beck, S J Stryker, S D Wexner, B G Wolff, P L Roberts, L E Smith, S A Sweeney, M Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Boston University Medical Center Hospital, MA, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Resorbable Barrier for the Prevention of Abdominal and Peri-hepatic Adhesion Formation (SEPRAC2T) | NCT01262417

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