"Enteroatmospheric fistulae"-gastrointestinal openings in the open abdomen: A review and recent proposal of a surgical technique

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-68

  Marinis, Athanasios ^a   Gkiokas, G ^b   Argyra, E ^b   Fragulidis, G ^b   Polymeneas, G ^b   Voros, D ^b  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enteric fistula; Enteroatmospheric; Enterocutaneous; Fistula; Open abdomen; Vacuum assisted closure; Vacuum assisted therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; HUMAN; INTESTINAL FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84896817909     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1457496913482252     Document Type: Article

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