Treatment of the open abdomen with topical negative pressure therapy: A retrospective study of 46 cases

International Wound Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-279

  Caro, Aleidis ^a   Olona, Carles ^a   Jiménez, Andrea ^a   Vadillo, Jordi ^a   Feliu, Francesc ^a   Vicente, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal wound; Open abdomen; Topical negative pressure therapy

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79955779445     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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