Predictors of failed primary abdominal closure in the trauma patient with an open abdomen

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 327-331

  Beale, Evan W ^a   Janis, Jeffrey E ^a   Minei, Joseph P ^a   Elliott, Alan C ^a   Phelan, Herb A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

closure rates; damage control; open abdomen

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING ABDOMINAL TRAUMA INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84877284585     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31829243ed     Document Type: Article

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