Management of the patient with an open abdomen: techniques in temporary and definitive closure.

Edmund J Rutherford, Dionne A Skeete, Karen J Brasel

Journal: Current problems in surgery 2005;41(10):815-76

PMID: 15685140

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Address: Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2004.08.002

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MeSH Terms: Abdomen, Abdominal Injuries, Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Compartment Syndromes, Critical Care, Enteral Nutrition, Fasciotomy, Gastritis, Gastrostomy, Humans, Polyglactin 910, Prostheses and Implants, Respiration, Artificial, Resuscitation, Surgical Mesh, Surgical Wound Dehiscence, Surgical Wound Infection, Vacuum, Venous Thrombosis

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