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Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2006
The management of patients with an open abdomen is challenging. Control of intra-abdominal fluid secretion, facilitation of abdominal exploration and preservation of fascia for abdominal wall closure can test even the most experienced surgeon. Over the years various techniques have been tried to minimise complications and expedite closure with VAC ...
N, Haldipur, B, Cooper, S, Sanyal
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The management of patients with an open abdomen is challenging. Control of intra-abdominal fluid secretion, facilitation of abdominal exploration and preservation of fascia for abdominal wall closure can test even the most experienced surgeon. Over the years various techniques have been tried to minimise complications and expedite closure with VAC ...
N, Haldipur, B, Cooper, S, Sanyal
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Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2007
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine if early enteral nutrition improves outcome for trauma patients with an open abdomen (OA). Methods: Retrospective review was used to identify 78 patients who required an OA for ≥4 hospital days, survived, and had ...
Bryan, Collier +9 more
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Background: The purpose of this study was to determine if early enteral nutrition improves outcome for trauma patients with an open abdomen (OA). Methods: Retrospective review was used to identify 78 patients who required an OA for ≥4 hospital days, survived, and had ...
Bryan, Collier +9 more
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Management of the patient with the open abdomen
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2021Purpose of review The aim of this study was to outline the management of the patient with the open abdomen. Recent findings An open abdomen approach is used after damage control laparotomy, to decrease risk for postsurgery intra-abdominal hypertension, if reoperation is likely and ...
Sharon, Einav +3 more
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The Open Abdomen: Indications and Techniques
2021The open abdomen (OA) can be a life-saving treatment option, but it is not without complications and challenges. The role of the multidisciplinary team is crucial to create the physiological environment that can promote early closure of the abdominal wall, considering that the reduction of the OA timing is beneficial for success.
Sergio Ribaldi +2 more
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Open abdomen in liver transplantation
The American Journal of Surgery, 2018Damage control laparotomy with vacuum assisted closure (VAC) is used for selective cases in trauma. In liver transplantation, VAC has also been applied for management of intra-operative hemorrhage. The primary objective was to evaluate peri-operative blood loss and blood product utilization in VAC compared to primary abdominal closure (PAC) at the ...
T, Chan +6 more
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Perspectives in Surgery, 2021
Open abdomen is known as a serious consequence of various intra-abdominal pathologies. Initially, patients often have a life-threatening condition, sepsis or septic shock. Severe stress related malnutrition, mineral and fluid imbalance develop as metabolic consequences.
L, Urbánek +3 more
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Open abdomen is known as a serious consequence of various intra-abdominal pathologies. Initially, patients often have a life-threatening condition, sepsis or septic shock. Severe stress related malnutrition, mineral and fluid imbalance develop as metabolic consequences.
L, Urbánek +3 more
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2013
Temporary closure of the abdomen following a laparotomy for trauma or emergency surgery (open abdomen) is an invaluable tool that improves patient outcomes. It allows the surgeon to control bleeding or sepsis with as little physiologic stress to the patient as possible.
John A. Harvin, Rondel P. Albarado
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Temporary closure of the abdomen following a laparotomy for trauma or emergency surgery (open abdomen) is an invaluable tool that improves patient outcomes. It allows the surgeon to control bleeding or sepsis with as little physiologic stress to the patient as possible.
John A. Harvin, Rondel P. Albarado
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2020
This chapter outlines the relevant pathophysiology, indications for, and management of, the open abdomen, and focuses on the abdominal compartment syndrome and choice of temporary abdominal closures. The World Society for Emergency Surgery has produced two consensus papers considering trauma and non-trauma indications for the open abdomen and has ...
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This chapter outlines the relevant pathophysiology, indications for, and management of, the open abdomen, and focuses on the abdominal compartment syndrome and choice of temporary abdominal closures. The World Society for Emergency Surgery has produced two consensus papers considering trauma and non-trauma indications for the open abdomen and has ...
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Nutrition Support in the Open Abdomen
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2015Early provision of enteral nutrition (EN) in critically ill and injured patients has become standard practice in surgical intensive care units (ICUs) due to its proven role in reducing septic complications. Increasingly, intensivists are confronted with patients with an open abdomen due to the use of damage control surgery and the recognition of the ...
Scott M, Moore, Clay Cothren, Burlew
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2021
Open abdomen (OA) is a technique suggested for the acute care management of different surgical issues, in case of unstable patients due to trauma-related or other injury: in fact, early skin and fascia edge closure could evolve in this kind of patient in the complication of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH).
Giovanni Bellanova +5 more
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Open abdomen (OA) is a technique suggested for the acute care management of different surgical issues, in case of unstable patients due to trauma-related or other injury: in fact, early skin and fascia edge closure could evolve in this kind of patient in the complication of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH).
Giovanni Bellanova +5 more
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