The open abdomen, indications, management and definitive closure

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Coccolini, Federico ^a   Biffl, Walter ^b   Catena, Fausto ^c   Ceresoli, Marco ^a   Chiara, Osvaldo ^d   Cimbanassi, Stefania ^d   Fattori, Luca ^e   Leppaniemi, Ari ^f   Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Montori, Giulia ^a   Pesenti, Giovanni ^e   Sugrue, Michael ^g,h   Ansaloni, Luca ^a  

^a PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Closure; Management; Open abdomen; Pancreatitis; Peritonitis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938292996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13017-015-0026-5     Document Type: Review

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