title: Wound management after trauma to the colon.
abstract: The records of 62 patients with injury of the colon were reviewed to ascertain the contribution of technics in wound care to morbidity. Primarily closed wounds had a very high frequency of infection (56%). Wounds treated by delayed primary closure or secondary intention developed infection in 19% of patients. Infection in an open wound was associated with intraperitoneal abscess in 73% of cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*