Background: The open abdomen technique, after both military and civilian trauma,
emergency general or vascular surgery, has been used in some form for the past 30 years …

The terms peritonitis, intra-abdominal infection, and abdominal sepsis are not synonymous,
yet sometimes they are used indistinctly to define similar clinical states. Peritonitis is defined …

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 …

Damage control laparotomy was first described by Dr. Harlan Stone in 1983 when he
suggested that patients with severe trauma should have their primary procedures …

Introduction The decision to perform a relaparotomy in patients with secondary peritonitis is
based on “clinical judgment” with inherent variability among surgeons. Our objective was to …

Background Open abdomen with temporary abdominal closure remains a controversial
management strategy for surgical abdominal sepsis compared with primary abdominal …

Background Open abdomen (OA) treatment with negative-pressure therapy is a novel
treatment option for a variety of abdominal conditions. We here present a cohort of 160 …

Over the past 30 years, surgical specialties have introduced and expanded the role of open
abdominal management in complicated operative cases, necessitating an intensivist's …

Adequate nutrition support is critical in the management of patients with an open abdomen.
Despite the literature supporting its use in trauma patients, provider concerns and clinical …

Background: No conclusive results on the efficacy and timing of open abdomen (OA) are
available, particularly in the setting of intra-abdominal infections. We analyzed outcomes …