Postoperative abdominal evisceration in children: Possible risk factors

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 677-680

  Çiǧdem, Murat Kemal ^a   Onen, Abdurrahman ^a   Otçu, Selçuk ^a   Duran, Hatun ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burst abdomen; Children; Evisceration; Wound dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVISCERATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33748606619     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1722-8     Document Type: Article

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