Prevention of postoperative pericardial adhesions using thermal sterile carboxymethyl chitosan

Luiz Renato Dias DAROZ^I; Jackson Brandão Lopes^II; Luis Alberto Oliveira Dallan^III; Sérgio Paulo CAMPANA-FILHO^IV; Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira^V; Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf^VI

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382008000400005

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1. Resident Physician in Cardiovascular Surgery; Cardiovascular Surgeon of the Márcio Cunha Hospital - São Francisco Xavier Foundation/USIMINAS. 2. Ph.D in Sciences by the Discipline of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo; Cardiovascular Surgeon of the Márcio Cunha Hospital - São Francisco Xavier Foundation/USIMINAS. 3. Full Professor of the Discipline of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo; Director of the Surgical Unit of Coronary Diseases of the Heart Institute of the Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo. 4. Full Professor of the Physical-Chemical Department of the Chemical Institute of São Carlos - University of São Paulo; Associated Professor of the Physical-Chemical Department of the Chemical Institute of São Carlos - University of São Paulo. 5. Full Professor of the Discipline of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo; Director of the Surgical Research Unit of the Heart Institute of the Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo. 6. Titular Professor of the Discipline of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo; President of the Board of Directors of the Heart Institute of the Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo. Correspondence
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