Initial experience of laparostomy with immediate vacuum therapy in patients with severe peritonitis

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 681-687

  Horwood, James ^a   Akbar, Fayaz ^a   Maw, Andrew ^a  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage control surgery; Intraperitoneal VAC therapy; Laparostomy; POSSUM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTESTINE FISTULA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; STOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL STOMAS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74049124896     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X12486167520993     Document Type: Article

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