Delayed primary closure in damage control laparotomy: The value of the Wittmann patch

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-12

  Hadeed, Josef G ^a   Staman, Gregory W ^a   Sariol, Hector S ^b   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Ross, Steven E ^a,c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b Frankford Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAG CLOSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; WITTMAN PATCH; WOUND CLOSURE; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANTATION; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846980489     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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