Closing midline abdominal incisions

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 397, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1201-1207

  Israelsson, Leif A ^a   Millbourn, Daniel ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Surgical site infection; Suture technique; Wound closure; Wound dehiscence

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA;

ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84877277457     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-012-1019-4     Document Type: Review

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