ArticleWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2015
The open abdomen, indications, management and definitive closure.
Article in World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Staged Management of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia With Open Abdomen: A Case Report on Successful Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
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- Feasibility and accuracy of continuous intraabdominal pressure monitoring with a capsular device in human pilot trial.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Article
- Successful Management of Complicated Burst Abdomen With Open Abdomen Using Only Simple Saline Dressing.Case reports in surgery · 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
- Establishment and evaluation of an improved rat model of open abdomen.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2024Article
- Management of open abdomen complication after laparotomy in an ovarian cancer patient with intraperitoneal metastasis.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Entero-Cutaneous and Entero-Atmospheric Fistulas: Insights into Management Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Open or closed abdomen post laparotomy to control severe abdominal sepsis: a survival analysis.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2024Article
- Evaluating a novel vertical traction device for early closure in open abdomen management: a consecutive case series.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Use of a visceral protective layer prevents fistula development in open abdomen therapy: results from the European Hernia Society Open Abdomen Registry.The British journal of surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
The indications for Open Abdomen (OA) are generally all those situations in which is ongoing the development an intra-abdominal hypertension condition (IAH), in order to prevent the development of abdominal compartmental syndrome (ACS). In fact all those involved in care of a critically ill patient should in the first instance think how to prevent IAH and ACS. In case of ACS goal directed therapy to achieve early opening and early closure is the key: paradigm of closure shifts to combination of therapies including negative pressure wound therapy and dynamic closure, in order to reduce complications and avoid incisional hernia. There have been huge studies and progress in survival of critically ill trauma and septic surgical patients: this in part has been through the great work of pioneers, scientific societies and their guidelines; however future studies and continued innovation are needed to better understand optimal treatment strategies and to define more clearly the indications, because OA by itself is still a morbid procedure.
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