Prosthetic mesh for infected abdominal wall defects? Report of a patient with a large full thickness abdominal wall defect and colostomy due to a gunshot wound

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-458

  Bulic, Kresimir ^a   Dzepina, Ivo ^a   Mijatovic, Davor ^a   Unusic, Josip ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall defect; Infection; Latissimus dorsi free flap; Polypropylene mesh

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; COLOSTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 40749135408     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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