Not so fast to skin graft: Transabdominal wall traction closes most "domain loss" abdomens in the acute setting

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1486-1492

  Dennis, Andrew ^a,b,c   Vizinas, Thomas A ^a,c   Joseph, Kimberly ^a,b   Kingsley, Samuel ^a   Bokhari, Faran ^a,b   Starr, Frederic ^a,b   Poulakidas, Stathis ^a,b   Wiley, Dorion ^a,b   Messer, Thomas ^a,b   Nagy, Kimberly ^d  

^a Stroger Hospital   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Damage control laparotomy (DCL); Open abdomen protocol (OAP); Planned ventral hernia (PVH); Transabdominal wall traction (TAWT)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INJURY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STEADY STATE; TRANSABDOMINAL WALL TRACTION; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880115986     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182924950     Document Type: Article

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