A prospective look at the current state of open abdomens

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 891-897

  Teixeira, Pedro G R ^a   Salim, Ali ^b   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Brown, Carlos ^c   Browder, Timothy ^d   Margulies, Daniel ^b   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; BANDAGES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 55949094314     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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