Abdominal wound dehiscence: A review

International Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 276-287

  Eke, Ndubuisi ^a,b   Jebbin, Nze J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abdominal wounds; Dehiscence; Etiology; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; HUMAN; REVIEW; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABDOMEN; HUMANS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 33750115040     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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