Use of negative pressure wound therapy for abdominal wounds in neonates and infants

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1555-1559

  Stoffan, Alexander P ^a   Ricca, Robert ^b   Lien, Chueh ^a   Quigley, Sandy ^a   Linden, Bradley C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wounds; Infant; Negative pressure wound therapy; Neonatal; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJOINED TWINS; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GASTROSCHISIS; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL SPONGES; TWINS, CONJOINED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84865101615     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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