The value of vacuum-assisted closure in septic patients treated with laparostomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 957-961

  Pliakos, Ioannis ^a   Papavramidis, Theodossis S ^a   Michalopoulos, Nick ^a   Deligiannidis, Nickolaos ^a   Kesisoglou, Isaak ^a   Sapalidis, Konstantinos ^a   Papavramidis, Spiros ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FISTULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORARY ABDOMINAL CLOSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ABDOMEN; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865986046     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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