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The role of open abdomen in non-trauma patient: WSES Consensus Paper
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2017 The open abdomen (OA) is defined as intentional decision to leave the fascial edges of the abdomen un-approximated after laparotomy (laparostomy). The abdominal contents are potentially exposed and therefore must be protected with a temporary coverage ...
F. Coccolini +42 more
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Heliyon, 2016 In the developing world, most patients with hepatocellular carcinoma present with advanced-stage disease, considered to be incurable based on current therapeutic algorithms. Here, we demonstrate that curative liver resection is achievable in a portion of
Eloy Ruiz +9 more
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Open abdomen in acute mesenteric ischemia
, 2019 In acute mesenteric ischemia, early diagnosis should optimally be followed by either open or endovascular intestinal revascularization. All too often, diagnosis is delayed and diagnosis and treatment are performed at the same time during explorative ...
Kärkkäinen, Jussi +3 more
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IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2017 BackgroundNo definitive data about open abdomen (OA) epidemiology and outcomes exist. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Panamerican Trauma Society (PTS) promoted the International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA).MethodsA prospective ...
F. Coccolini +57 more
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Prevention of Incisional Hernias after Open Abdomen Treatment
Frontiers in Surgery, 2018 Management of a patient with an open abdomen is difficult, and the primary closure of the fascial edges is essential to obtain the best patient outcome, regardless of the initial etiology of the open abdomen.
F. Berrevoet
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Nutritional Support in Patients with an Open Abdomen
, 2018 Nutritional support has evolved over the last 50 years with improvements in line care, enteral access, enteral formulas, and intestinal rehabilitation, which has occurred in conjunction with major advances in critical care and operative management of ...
Byers, Patricia Marie +3 more
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Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2017 The term “open abdomen” refers to a surgically created defect in the abdominal wall that exposes abdominal viscera. Leaving an abdominal cavity temporarily open has been well described for several indications, including damage control surgery and ...
E. Chabot, R. Nirula
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Critical care ultrasonography in acute respiratory failure
Critical Care, 2016 Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a leading indication for performing critical care ultrasonography (CCUS) which, in these patients, combines critical care echocardiography (CCE) and chest ultrasonography.
Philippe Vignon +3 more
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Evaluation of Six Registration Methods for the Human Abdomen on Clinically Acquired CT
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2016 Objective: This work evaluates current 3-D image registration tools on clinically acquired abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans. Methods: Thirteen abdominal organs were manually labeled on a set of 100 CT images, and the 100 labeled images (i.e ...
Zhoubing Xu +7 more
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