Negative pressure wound therapy for children with an open abdomen

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 397, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1353-1357

  Gutierrez, Ivan M ^a   Gollin, Gerald ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Negative pressure wound therapy; Open abdomen; VAC

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FASCIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVOR; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; NEWBORN;

ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY;

EID: 84877244909     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-012-0923-y     Document Type: Article

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