Modern Management of Complex Open Abdominal Wounds of War: A 5-Year Experience

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 801-809

  Vertrees, Amy ^a   Greer, Lauren ^a   Pickett, Chris ^a   Nelson, Jeffery ^a   Wakefield, Matthew ^a   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^a   Shriver, Craig ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL HEMATOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FISTULA; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949107152     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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