Treatment of small-bowel fistulae in the open abdomen with topical negative-pressure therapy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  D'Hondt, Mathieu ^a,b   Devriendt, Dirk ^a   Van Rooy, Frank ^a   Vansteenkiste, Franky ^a   D'Hoore, André ^b   Penninckx, Freddy ^b   Miserez, Marc ^b  

^a Groeninge Hospital   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Enteroatmospheric fistula; Open abdomen; Topical negative pressure therapy; VAC therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79960978461     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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