To close or not to close? treatment of abdominal compartment syndrome by neuromuscular blockade without laparostomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Davies, J ^a   Aghahoseini, A ^a   Crawford, J ^b   Alexander, D J ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Laparostomy; Neuromuscular blockade

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING;

ABDOMEN; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE;

EID: 77958198023     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870810X12822015504608     Document Type: Article

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