Making a virtue of necessity: Managing the open abdomen

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 356-363

  De Costa, Alan ^a,b  

^a BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fistula; Laparostomy; Mesh; Open abdomen; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BREATHING; COUGHING; EXPERIENCE; FISTULA; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAPAROSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VISCERA; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33744742961     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03638.x     Document Type: Review

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