ArticleWorld journal of surgery2012
Surgical strategies for management of the open abdomen.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Timing of planned reoperation after damage control surgery in patients with trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Pooled it
- Chinese Trauma Surgeon Association for management guidelines of vacuum sealing drainage application in abdominal surgeries-Update and systematic review.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2019Pooled it
- Intra-abdominal hypertension and the abdominal compartment syndrome: updated consensus definitions and clinical practice guidelines from the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.Intensive care medicine · 2013Guideline
- Delayed closure of open abdomen in septic patients is facilitated by combined negative pressure wound therapy and dynamic fascial suture.Surgical endoscopy · 2014Trial
- Damage control surgery with abdominal vacuum and delayed bowel reconstruction in patients with perforated diverticulitis Hinchey III/IV.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2012Trial
- Late closure of the open abdomen in emergency abdomino-pelvic surgery: Advanced indications to negative pressure wound therapy?World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Article
- Early results from the use of an innovative vertical fascial traction system for the management of patients with open abdomen.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- The impossible abdomen in a complex patient: treatment with novosorb biodegradable temporizing matrix (BTM) for frozen abdomen with entero-atmospheric fistula.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Source Control and Antibiotics in Intra-Abdominal Infections.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Optimized Treatment of Nosocomial Peritonitis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Delayed open abdomen closure using a combination of acellular dermal matrix and skin graft in Korea: a case report.Journal of trauma and injury · 2023Article
- Open abdominal management after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: from a single-center study in Japan.Surgery today · 2023Article
- Incisional wound closure by sequential partial split-thickness skin grafting following failure of primary abdominal fascia closure after open abdomen management: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Vacuum-assisted closure versus on-demand relaparotomy in patients with secondary peritonitis-the VACOR trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2022Article
- Simultaneous early surgical repair of post-cholecystectomy major bile duct injury and complex abdominal evisceration: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Efficacy and safety of external tissue expansion technique in the treatment of soft tissue defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and complication rates.Burns & trauma · 2022Article
- Early re-laparotomy for patients with high-grade liver injury after damage-control surgery and perihepatic packing.Surgery today · 2021Article
- Managing the Open Abdomen in Damage Control Surgery: Should Skin-Only Closure be Abandoned?Cureus · 2021Article
- Lessons Learned in 11 Years of Experience With Open Abdomen Treatment With Negative-Pressure Therapy for Various Abdominal Emergencies.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
Since the mid-1990s the surgical community has seen a surge in the prevalence of open abdomens (OAs) reported in the surgical literature and in clinical practice. The OA has proven to be effective in decreasing mortality and immediate postoperative complications; however, it may come at the cost of delayed morbidity and the need for further surgical procedures. Indications for leaving the abdomen open have broadened to include damage control surgery, abdominal compartment syndrome, and abdominal sepsis. The surgical options for management of the OA are now more diverse and sophisticated, but there is a lack of prospective randomized controlled trials demonstrating the superiority of any particular method. Additionally, critical care strategies for optimization of the patient with an OA are still being developed. Review of the literature suggests a bimodal distribution of primary closure rates, with early closure dependent on postoperative intensive care management and delayed closure more affected by the choice of the temporary abdominal closure technique. Invariably, a small fraction of patients requiring OA management fail to have primary fascial closure and require some form of biologic fascial bridge with delayed ventral hernia repair in the future.
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