Outcomes and complications of open abdomen technique for managing non-trauma patients
<b>Background</b> : Damage control surgery and the open abdomen technique have been widely used in trauma. These techniques are now being utilized more often in non-trauma patients but the outcomes are not clear. We hypothesized that the use of the open abdomen technique in non-trauma pa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2010-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock |
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Online Access: | http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2010;volume=3;issue=2;spage=118;epage=122;aulast=Kritayakirana |