The sandwich design: A new method to close a high-output enterocutaneous fistula and an associated abdominal wall defect

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 580-583

  De Weerd, Louis ^a,b   Kjæve, Jørn ^a   Aghajani, Ebrahim ^a   Elvenes, Odd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Enterocutaneous fistula; Free flap; Vacuum assisted closure system

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DEVICE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTESTINE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247523172     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000237643.45125.8b     Document Type: Article

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