BACKGROUND Acute abdomen in advanced pregnancy is one of the most challenging surgical situations. In life-threatening situations, despite optimal management, foetus distress and preterm delivery may occur. Although laparostomy is a useful treatment of abdominal sepsis, its successful management has not been reported previously in pregnant women. CASE 30-year-old woman at 23 week of pregnancy...

adrenal gland pseudocysts are not common conditions, and most of them are nonfunctional and asymptomatic. however, large pseudocysts may causes abdominal discomfort and have compressive effects on adjacent organs. they may rupture spontaneously or after trauma, and lead to retroperitoneal hemorrhage and surgical emergency. herein, we report a case of 21-year-old female who presented with acute ...

Wound dehiscence is a serious postoperative complication, with an incidence of 0.5-3% after primary closure of a laparotomy incision, and represents an acute mechanical failure of wound healing. Relatively recently the concept of "intentional open abdomen" was described and both clinical entities share common pathophysiological and clinical pathways ("postoperative open abdominal wall"). Althou...