Management of abdominal wound dehiscence using vacuum assisted closure in patients with compromised healing

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-172

  Heller, Lior ^a   Levin, Scott L ^b   Butler, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Fascia; Hernia; Laparotomy; Surgical flaps; Surgical mesh; Surgical wound dehiscence; Vacuum; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FASCIA; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 31444449093     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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