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Original article| Volume 66, ISSUE 2, P220-223, November 1944

Total disruption of surgical wounds of the abdominal wall with reference to plasma proteinemia and plasma ascorbic acid

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      Abstract

      • 1.
        1. An analysis of seven total disruptions of abdominal incisions is presented.
      • 2.
        2. The presence of hypoproteinemia and of deficiency of plasma ascorbic acid in these cases and the possible influence of these factors is discussed.
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