Primary closure of the skin after stoma closure: Management of wound infections is easy without (long-term) complications

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-258

  Vermulst, N ^a   Vermeulen, Jefrey ^a,b   Hazebroek, E J ^a   Coene, P P L O ^a   Van Der Harst, E ^a  

^a Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Primary skin closure; Stoma closure; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVERTICULITIS; FISTULA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUS; INTESTINE RESECTION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SKIN CARE; STOMA; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750479866     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095399     Document Type: Article

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