Successful bridging treatment and healing of enteric fistulae by vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy and targeted drainage in patients with open abdomen

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-666

  Stremitzer, Stefan ^a   Dal Borgo, Andrea ^a   Wild, Thomas ^a   Goetzinger, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bridging therapy; Enteric fistula; Secondary peritonitis; VAC

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FISTULA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PERITONITIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79956098355     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-010-1126-z     Document Type: Article

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