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ArticleWorld journal of surgery2014

Tissue expander-assisted ventral hernia repair for the skin-grafted damage control abdomen.

John Alfred Carr

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Article in World journal of surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Methods of abdominal wall expansion for repair of incisional herniae: a systematic review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2016
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  2. Review
  3. Systematic Review of Tissue Expansion: Utilization in Non-breast Applications.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021
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  4. Tissue Expanders in Skin Deficient Ventral Hernias Utilizing Component Separation.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

John Alfred CarrDivision of Trauma Surgery, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, 48503, USA, heartandbones@yahoo.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe a novel technique using tissue expanders that allows skin coverage over large ventral hernia repairs after damage control laparotomy, including patients with stomas.

methodsA retrospective study of a single author's experience with the technique.

resultsTissue expanders were placed in the lateral abdominal wall skin adjacent to stomas and expanded over a short 6-week course. The expanders successfully stretched the skin to provide coverage over the large ventral hernia mesh repairs without infectious complications.

conclusionsThe described technique is well tolerated by patients and very useful to provide skin coverage over large ventral hernia defects without infectious complications.

Indexed as

Skin TransplantationAbdominal InjuriesAdultColectomyHernia, VentralHerniorrhaphyHumansIleostomyLaparotomyMalePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesTissue ExpansionTissue Expansion DevicesTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID24276988

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