New quantitative variables to measure postoperative pericardial adhesions: useful tools in experimental research Novas variáveis quantitativas para avaliação das aderências pericárdicas: ferramentas úteis na pesquisa experimental

PURPOSE: To improve the measurement system, during a research for the prevention of adhesions, we explored the feasibility of introducing three continuous numeric variables to quantify the intensity of pericardial adhesions. METHODS: To validate these three new numeric variables - time spent to diss...

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Main Authors: Jackson Brandão Lopes, Luís Alberto Oliveira Dallan, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira, Mário Castro Carreiro, Flávia Luana Barbosa Rodrigues, Pedro de Castro Mendes, Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2009-04-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502009000200002