Modified opsite® sandwich for temporary abdominal closure: A non-traumatic experience

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-61

  Wilde, J W ^a   Loudon, M A ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS); Laparostomy; Temporary abdominal closure (TAC)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

OPSITE; POLYURETHAN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE; SUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846295466     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X155446     Document Type: Article

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