Severe intraabdominal infection associated with abdominal wall, intraperitoneal and remote organ complications, still carries an unacceptably high morality rate. In addition to the fundamental principle of eradication of the source of infection, various treatment modalities have been suggested to improve the commonly grave outcome. Amongst these, open management (OM) of the septic abdomen,...

conclusions vacuum-assisted abdominal closure is a good technique for temporary abdominal closure. in patients who are unable to achieve fascial closure, skin closure alone is safe. results after 157 trauma laparotomies, 35 (22%) were open abdomen cases with an average injury severity score was 35. ninety-four percent of open abdomens occurred after damage-control surgery. temporary vacuum-assi...

severe intraabdominal infection associated with abdominal wall, intraperitoneal and remote organ complications, still carries an unacceptably high morality rate. in addition to the fundamental principle of eradication of the source of infection, various treatment modalities have been suggested to improve the commonly grave outcome. amongst these, open management (om) of the septic abdomen, even...

the emergent abdominal surgeries from either of traumatic or non traumatic causes can result in situations in which the abdominal wall cannot initially be closed. many techniques have been reported for temporary coverage of the exposed viscera, but the result of various techniques remains unclear. during 94 months, 19 critically ill patients whit an open abdomen underwent surgery using plastic ...

When the abdominal viscera are visible due to a defect in wall, which is usually caused intentionally or as result of compartment syndrome, it referred an open abdomen. As protracted abdomen can problems including fluid and protein losses, intestinal fistulization, loss dominance, main goals temporal closure techniques prevent losses dominance. There several for short-term closure, each having ...