A national survey on temporary and delayed abdominal closure in Norwegian hospitals

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Groven, Sigrid ^a,b   Næss, Pål A ^a   Trondsen, Erik ^a   Gaarder, Christine ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Drammen Hosp   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Damage control surgery; Survey; Temporary abdominal closure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; HUMAN; NORWAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUTURING METHOD; VACUUM;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VACUUM;

EID: 80052863553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-51     Document Type: Article

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