American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 49-53 , January 2009

A gelatin-thrombin matrix for hemostasis after endoscopic sinus surgery

  • Bradford A. Woodworth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, BDB 563, 1530 3rd Avenues., Birmingham, AL 35294.
    • ,
  • Rakesh K. Chandra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA
    • RKC current affiliation is the Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
    • ,
  • Jeffrey D. LeBenger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, The Summit Medical Group, Summit, NJ, USA
    • ,
  • Bogdan Ilie

      Affiliations

    • Johnson & Johnson Wound Management, Division of Ethicon Inc, Somerville, NJ, USA
    • ,
  • Rodney J. Schlosser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina Hospital, PO Box 250550, Charleston, SC, USA

Received 17 September 2007

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☆ Study supported by Johnson & Johnson Wound Management, a division of Ethicon Inc, Somerville, NJ.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00007-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2007.11.008

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 49-53 , January 2009

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