Management of the open abdomen during the global war on terror

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-64

  Riha, Gordon M ^a   Kiraly, Laszlo N ^a   Diggs, Brian S ^a   Cho, S David ^a   Fabricant, Loic J ^a   Flaherty, Stephen F ^b   Kuehn, Reed ^c   Underwood, Samantha J ^a   Schreiber, Martin A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARMY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DELAYED ABDOMINAL CLOSURE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ABDOMINAL SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; BLUNT TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SOLDIER; TERRORISM; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS; WAR; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872480957     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamasurg.4     Document Type: Article

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