Transversus abdominis muscle release: A novel approach to posterior component separation during complex abdominal wall reconstruction

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 709-716

  Novitsky, Yuri W ^a,b   Elliott, Heidi L ^a,b   Orenstein, Sean B ^a   Rosen, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall reconstruction; Component release; Posterior component separation; Retromuscular repair; Sublay; Transversus abdominis muscle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE NECROSIS; POSTERIOR COMPONENT SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE RELEASE;

EID: 84868578564     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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