Classification-important step to improve management of patients with an open abdomen

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1154-1157

  Björck, Martin ^a   Bruhin, Andreas ^b   Cheatham, Michael ^c   Hinck, Daniel ^d   Kaplan, Mark ^e   Manca, Guiseppe ^f   Wild, Thomas ^g   Windsor, Alastair ^h  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Trauma and Visceral Surgery ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Surgical Intensive Care Units   (United States)

^d Klinik fur Visceralchirurgie   (Germany)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FISTULA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 67349109422     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-9996-3     Document Type: Article

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