Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) therapy™ as a Swiss knife multi-tool for enteric fistula closure: Tips and tricks: A pilot study

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 2527-2532

  Pepe, G ^a   Magalini, S ^a   Callari, C ^a   Persiani, R ^a   Lodoli, C ^a   Gui, D ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterocutaneous fistula management; VAC therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL SECRETIONS; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE; WOUND CLOSURE; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942238165     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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