title: Surgical technique for closure of difficult abdomen.
abstract: Abdominal dehiscence reported to occur with a frequency of one per cent even under the best circumstances, is a dreaded complication. Closure of the dehisced abdominal wall under adverse conditions like local infection and wound edge retraction may be difficult. We describe a new technique which is a modification of classical retention sutures for the abdominal wall closure.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. osmanabbasoglu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abbasoglu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nursal
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques