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																		 Abdominal Wall
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Abdominal Wall" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				The outer margins of the ABDOMEN, extending from the osteocartilaginous thoracic cage to the PELVIS. Though its major part is muscular, the abdominal wall consists of at least seven layers: the SKIN, subcutaneous fat, deep FASCIA; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat, and the parietal PERITONEUM.
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D034861 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | A01.923.047.050 |  
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				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Abdominal Wall" by people in this website by year, and whether "Abdominal Wall" was a major or minor topic of these publications.  
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 | 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |  | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |  | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Abdominal Wall" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Harrell KN, Grimes AD, Gill H, Reynolds JK, Ueland WR, Sciarretta JD, Todd SR, Trust MD, Ngoue M, Thomas BW, Ayuso SA, LaRiccia A, Spalding MC, Collins MJ, Collier BR, Karam BS, de Moya MA, Lieser MJ, Chipko JM, Haan JM, Lightwine KL, Cullinane DC, Falank CR, Phillips RC, Kemp MT, Alam HB, Udekwu PO, Sanin GD, Hildreth AN, Biffl WL, Schaffer KB, Marshall G, Muttalib O, Nahmias J, Shahi N, Moulton SL, Maxwell RA. Risk factors for recurrence in blunt traumatic abdominal wall hernias: A secondary analysis of a Western Trauma association multicenter study. Am J Surg. 2023 06; 225(6):1069-1073.
								Harrell KN, Grimes AD, Albrecht RM, Reynolds JK, Ueland WR, Sciarretta JD, Todd SR, Trust MD, Ngoue M, Thomas BW, Ayuso SA, LaRiccia A, Spalding MC, Collins MJ, Collier BR, Karam BS, de Moya MA, Lieser MJ, Chipko JM, Haan JM, Lightwine KL, Cullinane DC, Falank CR, Phillips RC, Kemp MT, Alam HB, Udekwu PO, Sanin GD, Hildreth AN, Biffl WL, Schaffer KB, Marshall G, Muttalib O, Nahmias J, Shahi N, Moulton SL, Maxwell RA. Management of blunt traumatic abdominal wall hernias: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 11 01; 91(5):834-840.
								Fraser JD, Deans KJ, Fallat ME, Helmrath MA, Kabre R, Leys CM, Burns RC, Corkum K, Dillon PA, Downard CD, Gadepalli SK, Grabowski JE, Hernandez E, Hirschl RB, Johnson KN, Kohler JE, Landman MP, Landisch RM, Lawrence AE, Mak GZ, Minneci PC, Rymeski B, Sato TT, Scannell M, Slater BJ, Wilkinson KH, Wright TN, St Peter SD. Sutureless vs sutured abdominal wall closure for gastroschisis: Operative characteristics and early outcomes from the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Nov; 55(11):2284-2288.
								Redett RJ, Etra JW, Brandacher G, Burnett AL, Tuffaha SH, Sacks JM, Shores JT, Bivalacqua TJ, Bonawitz S, Cooney CM, Coon D, Pustavoitau A, Rizkalla NA, Jackson AM, Javia V, Fidder SAJ, Davis-Sproul J, Brennan DC, Sander IB, Shoham S, Sopko NA, Lee WPA, Cooney DS. Total Penis, Scrotum, and Lower Abdominal Wall Transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2019 11 07; 381(19):1876-1878.
								Choi YM, Campbell K, Hayes K, Jacobson R, Kobak G, Moulton S. Model to estimate abdominal wall thickness in children undergoing placement or replacement of gastrostomy devices. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Apr; 54(4):707-711.
								Bedaiwy MA, Yong PJ, Farghaly TA, Abdelhafez FF, Tan J, Pope R, Hurd WW, Liu JH, Zanotti K. The Effect of Age and Body Mass Index on the Surgical Anatomy of Supraumbilical Port Insertion: Implications for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2018; 83(6):546-551.
								Birindelli A, Sartelli M, Di Saverio S, Coccolini F, Ansaloni L, van Ramshorst GH, Campanelli G, Khokha V, Moore EE, Peitzman A, Velmahos G, Moore FA, Leppaniemi A, Burlew CC, Biffl WL, Koike K, Kluger Y, Fraga GP, Ordonez CA, Novello M, Agresta F, Sakakushev B, Gerych I, Wani I, Kelly MD, Gomes CA, Faro MP, Tarasconi A, Demetrashvili Z, Lee JG, Vettoretto N, Guercioni G, Persiani R, Tran? C, Cui Y, Kok KYY, Ghnnam WM, Abbas AE, Sato N, Marwah S, Rangarajan M, Ben-Ishay O, Adesunkanmi ARK, Lohse HAS, Kenig J, Mandal? S, Coimbra R, Bhangu A, Suggett N, Biondi A, Portolani N, Baiocchi G, Kirkpatrick AW, Scib? R, Sugrue M, Chiara O, Catena F. 2017 update of the WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias. World J Emerg Surg. 2017; 12:37.
								Fung E, Strosberg DS, Jones EL, Dettorre R, Suzo A, Meara MP, Narula VK, Hazey JW. Incidence of abdominal wall metastases following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement in patients with head and neck cancer. Surg Endosc. 2017 09; 31(9):3623-3627.
								Chamieh J, Tan WH, Ramirez R, Nohra E, Apakama C, Symons W. Synthetic versus Biologic Mesh in Single-Stage Repair of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects in a Contaminated Field. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 Feb/Mar; 18(2):112-118.
								Pezeshk RA, Pulikkottil BJ, Mapula S, Schaffer NE, Yap L, Scott K, Gordon P, Hoxworth RE. Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Novel Approach to Postoperative Care Using Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Sep; 136(3):362e-369e. | 
																	
																		
																			
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