Management of the patient with an open abdomen: techniques in temporary and definitive closure

Curr Probl Surg. 2004 Oct;41(10):815-76. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2004.08.002.

Authors

Edmund J Rutherford¹, Dionne A Skeete, Karen J Brasel

Affiliation

¹ Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

PMID: 15685140
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2004.08.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abdomen / surgery*
Abdominal Injuries / physiopathology
Abdominal Injuries / surgery*
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Compartment Syndromes / etiology
Critical Care
Enteral Nutrition
Fasciotomy*
Gastritis / prevention & control
Gastrostomy
Humans
Polyglactin 910 / therapeutic use
Prostheses and Implants
Respiration, Artificial
Resuscitation
Surgical Mesh
Surgical Wound Dehiscence / therapy
Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control
Vacuum
Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control

Substances

Polyglactin 910