Subcutaneous linea alba fasciotomy, does it really work?

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-102

  Leppäniemi, Ari ^a   Hienonen, Piia ^a   Mentula, Panu ^a   Kemppainen, Esko ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS LINEA ALBA FASCIOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651370605     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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