Large gaps of midline abdominal incisions and their management

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1094-1099

  Kulaylat, Mahmoud N ^a   Karakousis, Constantine P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ABDOMINAL WALL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149400240     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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