The Use of Muscle Flaps for the Management of Recalcitrant Gastrointestinal Fistulas

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-302

  Cohen, Mimis ^a,b   Grevious, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGUS; GASTRIC FISTULA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; JEJUNUM; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33646518556     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.12.001     Document Type: Review

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