Controversies in the Care of the Enterocutaneous Fistula

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-250

  Davis, Kurt G ^a   Johnson, Eric K ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall reconstruction; Complications; Enteroatmospheric fistula; Enterocutaneous fistula

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OCTREOTIDE; POLITEF; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABSCESS; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROTOMY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SKIN PROTECTION; STOMACH SECRETION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ALGORITHMS; HORMONES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; LENGTH OF STAY; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SOMATOSTATIN; SURGICAL MESH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84869784125     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2012.09.009     Document Type: Review

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