Open abdomen treatment with dynamic sutures and topical negative pressure resulting in a high primary fascia closure rate

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1765-1771

  Kafka Ritsch, Reinhold ^a   Zitt, Matthias ^a   Schorn, Nina ^b   Stroemmer, Sebastian ^a,b   Schneeberger, Stefan ^a   Pratschke, Johann ^a   Perathoner, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866743034     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1586-0     Document Type: Article

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