The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 5 , Pages 617-622 , November 2009

Use of a modified chitosan dressing in a hypothermic Coagulopathic grade V liver injury model

  • Grant Bochicchio, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 328 5537; fax: +1 410 328 7175
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  • Michael Kilbourne, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Reed Kuehn, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Kaspar Keledjian, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • John Hess, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas Scalea, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 30 April 2009 ,Revised 15 July 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00480-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.028

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 5 , Pages 617-622 , November 2009

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