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The Management of the Open Abdomen: The Temporary Closure Systems

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  1. Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, P.zza OMS 1, 24128, Bergamo, Italy

    Giulia Montori, Matteo Tomasoni, Paola Fugazzola & Marco Ceresoli

  2. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, FC, Italy

    Federico Coccolini & Luca Ansaloni

  3. Unit of General and Emergency Surgery, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

    Fausto Catena

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  2. General Surgery, Virginia Commonvealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Rao Ivatury

  3. Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland

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  4. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

    Luca Ansaloni

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Montori, G. et al. (2018). The Management of the Open Abdomen: The Temporary Closure Systems. In: Coccolini, F., Ivatury, R., Sugrue, M., Ansaloni, L. (eds) Open Abdomen. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48072-5_10

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