Frequency and risk factor of abdominal wound dehiscence

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 355-357

  Najm us Saqib Khan, Muhammad ^d,e   Naqvi, Abul Hassan ^a   Irshad, Khalid ^b   Chaudhary, Abdul Rashid ^c  

^a Mullingar General Hospital   (Ireland)

^b WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Islamic International Medical College   (Pakistan)

^d QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Laparotomy; Risk Factors; Wound dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JAUNDICE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UREMIA; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 4444315892     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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