Open abdomen management: A review of its history and a proposed management algorithm

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 524-533

  Kreis, Barbara Elize ^a   de Mol van Otterloo, Johan Coenraad Alexander ^a   Kreis, Robert Walter ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Damage control surgery; Open abdomen; Septic abdomen; Temporary abdominal closure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ALGORITHM; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN ABDOMEN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PERITONITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ALGORITHMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84879920930     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883966     Document Type: Review

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