Reinforced tension line suture closure after midline laparotomy in emergency surgery

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-196

  Agarwal, Akhilesh ^a   Hossain, Zahid ^a   Agarwal, Anshu ^a   Das, Amitabha ^a   Chakraborty, Saurav ^a   Mitra, Nilanjan ^a   Gupta, Madhumita ^a   Ray, Udipta ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCED TENSION LINE SUTURE CLOSURE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMEN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053439477     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.110045     Document Type: Article

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