A proposed algorithm for managing the open abdomen

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-207

  Cipolla, James ^a,b   Stawicki, Stanislaw P ^a   Hoff, William S ^a,b   McQuay, Nathaniel ^a,b   Hoey, Brian A ^a,b   Wainwright, Gail ^a   Grossman, Michael D ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; HUMAN; INTESTINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN GRAFT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; ABDOMINAL INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19844381907     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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