ArticleGMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW2016
Retrospective analysis of a VACM (vacuum-assisted closure and mesh-mediated fascial traction) treatment manual for temporary abdominal wall closure - results of 58 consecutive patients.
Article in GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Dynamic Fascial Closure With Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure and Mesh-Mediated Fascial Traction (VAWCM) Treatment of the Open Abdomen-An Updated Systematic Review.Frontiers in surgery · 2020Pooled it
- EHS clinical guidelines on the management of the abdominal wall in the context of the open or burst abdomen.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Guideline
- Consensus Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Emergency Laparotomy Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERASWorld journal of surgery · 2023Review
- Intrathoracic negative pressure therapy for pleural empyema using an open-pore drainage film.Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- [Intrathoracic negative pressure therapy of pleural empyema using an open-pored drainage film].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
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- 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
- Recombinant human epidermal growth factor combined with vacuum sealing drainage for wound healing in Bama pigs.Military Medical Research · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe optimal treatment concept for temporary abdominal closure (TAC) in critically ill visceral surgery patients with open abdomen (OA) continues to be unclear. The VACM (vacuum-assisted closure and mesh-mediated fascial traction) therapy seems to permit higher delayed primary fascial closure rates (FCR) than other TAC procedures. MATERIAL AND
methodsPatients of our clinic (n=58) who were treated by application of a VAC/VACM treatment manual in the period from 2005 to 2008 were retrospectively analysed.
resultsThe overall FCR of all patients was 48.3% (95% confidence interval: 34.95-61.78). An FCR of 61.3% was achieved in patients who had a vicryl mesh implanted at the fascial level (VACM therapy) in the course of treatment. Mortality among patients treated with VACM therapy was 45.2% (95% CI: 27.32-63.97).
conclusionsThe results of our own study confirm the results of previous studies which showed an acceptable FCR among non-trauma patients who were treated with VACM therapy. VACM therapy currently appears to be the treatment regime of choice for patients with OA requiring TAC.
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