VAC and fistula formation [1]

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 572-573

  Wild, Thomas ^a   Goetzinger, P ^a   Telekey, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FISTULA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; APACHE; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; LAPAROTOMY; SURGICAL MESH; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250691413     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01309.x     Document Type: Letter

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