Management of the open abdomen using vacuum-assisted wound closure and mesh-mediated fascial traction

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 400, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-99

  Willms, A ^a,b   Gusgen C ^a   Schaaf, S ^a   Bieler, D ^a   von Websky, M ^b   Schwab, R ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Abdominal trauma; Open abdomen; Peritonitis; Vacuum therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALGORITHM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FASCIA; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; PERITONITIS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FASCIA; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PERITONITIS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84939894902     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-014-1240-4     Document Type: Article

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