A randomized comparison of continuous versus interrupted mass closure of midline incisions in patients with gynecologic cancer

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 684-689

  Colombo, Mario ^a   Maggioni, Angelo ^a   Parma, Gabriella ^a   Scalambrino, Salvatore ^a   Milani, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030899216     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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