Do different abdominal incision techniques play a role in wound complications in patients operated on for gastrointestinal malignancies? "Scalpel vs. Electrocautery"

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-456

  Eren, T ^a   Balik, E ^a   Ziyade, S ^b   Yamaner, S ^a   Akyuz, A ^a   Bugra, D ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VAKIF GUREBA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electrocautery; Incisional hernia; Laparotomy; Scalpel; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956637944     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2010.11680654     Document Type: Article

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