Risks associated with "components separation" for closure of complex abdominal wall defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1276-1285

  Lowe III, James B ^a   Lowe, Julie B ^b   Baty, Jack D ^b   Garza, Jaime R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037336169     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000047021.36879.FD     Document Type: Review

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