Isolation of Enteric Fistulas for Skin Graft Placement

The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) has shared the case study poster Isolation of Enteric Fistulas to Allow Adjacent Skin Graft Placement.

Download the poster to see how Fistula Solution devices help manage intestinal effluent during the placement of skin grafts or artificial skin substitutes onto nearby wounds.

Recommended Enteric Fistula Reading: 2018 Atlas of Critical Care Procedures

Find excellent guidance on the Local Management of Enteroatmospheric Fistulae in Chapter 34 of the Atlas of Critical Care Procedures, Editors: Demetrios Demetriades, Kenji Inaba, and Philip D. Lumb.

This atlas is an all-inclusive resource that describes step by step how to perform the essential bedside procedures required to provide optimal care to the critically ill patient. Detailed descriptions of these procedures, with sequential photographs depicting each critical step, provide an in depth understanding of the anatomy, critical technical steps and common pitfalls to both military and civilian trainees. For the advanced professional operator, this atlas will provide a rapid refresher of the critical steps and is an excellent teaching resource, based on the decades of collective experience accumulated by the authors. This atlas is a standard reference for surgeons, critical care physicians, nurses and all critical care professionals who manage enteric fistulas and complex wounds.