Internal vacuum-assisted closure device in the swine model of severe liver injury

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>The authors present a novel approach to nonresectional therapy in major hepatic trauma utilizing intraabdominal perihepatic vacuum assisted closure (VAC) therapy in the porcine model of Grade V liver injury.</p> <p>Method...

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Main Authors: Everett Christopher B, Thomas Bruce W, Moncure Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.wjes.org/content/7/1/38