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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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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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[Strategies for open abdomen].
Ugeskrift for laeger, 2022This is a review of temporary abdominal closure (TAC) strategies are necessary in cases where definitive surgery is not possible. Indications for TAC include damage control due to unstable physiology, the need for a second look, or lacking technical possibility for fascial closure.
Thomas Korgaard, Jensen +1 more
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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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2019
Damage control laparotomy and the management of an open abdomen are important concepts for general surgeons. The surgical management of the open abdomen and, subsequent definitive closure, is complex. This chapter provides a decision-making algorithm to identify the appropriate closure/management technique with respect to patient-specific conditions.
Justin A. Doble, Eric M. Pauli
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Damage control laparotomy and the management of an open abdomen are important concepts for general surgeons. The surgical management of the open abdomen and, subsequent definitive closure, is complex. This chapter provides a decision-making algorithm to identify the appropriate closure/management technique with respect to patient-specific conditions.
Justin A. Doble, Eric M. Pauli
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Open Abdomen after Severe Acute Pancreatitis
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2008The need for surgical decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome is becoming more frequent in patients with severe acute pancreatitis, especially in association with massive fluid resuscitation at the early stages of the disease. Decompression can be achieved with either a full-thickness laparostomy that can be performed through a vertical ...
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Management of the open abdomen
British Journal of Surgery, 2023Faris Soliman +2 more
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