Laparotomy wound disruption. An avoidable technical failure.

Autor: António Mendes de Almeida, Winston Gracias, Noel Medina, Fernando Aldeia
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 1980
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Zdroj: Acta Médica Portuguesa, Vol 2, Iss 5-6 (1980)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0870-399X
1646-0758
DOI: 10.20344/amp.4183
Popis: Laparotomy wound disruption, in spite of being a quite avoidable complication, the result of a technical mishap, as it is, still carries a significantly high morbidity and mortality. A group of 648 major laparotomies, with no dehiscences, is compared with another one of 1154, with 39 disruptions, the most significant differences residing on the technical type of closure.
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