Predictors of relaparotomy after nontrauma emergency general surgery with initial fascial closure

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-552

  Kim, Jerry J ^a   Liang, Mike K ^a   Subramanian, Anuradha ^a   Balentine, Courtney J ^a   Sansgiry, Shubhada ^a   Awad, Samir S ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehiscence; Emergency laparotomy; Open abdomen; Predictors; Relaparotomy; Temporary abdominal closure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS; ACROMION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FASCIAL CLOSURE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONTRAUMA INTRAABDOMINAL CATASTROPHE; OPERATING ROOM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPAROTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABSCESS; ALCOHOLISM; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BODY MASS INDEX; EMERGENCIES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80055009896     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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