The use of the Flexi-Seal® Faecal Management System In laparostomy wounds involving enterocutaneous fistula

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hardwicke, Joseph ^a   Wright, Thomas C ^a   Hargest, Rachel ^b   Dickson, William ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterocutaneous fistula; Flexi seal; Laparostomy; Split skin graft; Wound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENTEROSTOMY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; INTESTINE FISTULA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMEN; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ENTEROSTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953625019     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/14787081OX12659688851834     Document Type: Article

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