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Highlights • Intra-abdominal sepsis remains one the leading causes of mortality in the SICU .• Multiple surgical approaches have been introduced as part of the management of the open abdomen… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Intra-abdominal sepsis remains one the leading causes of mortality in the SICU .• Multiple surgical approaches have been introduced as part of the management of the open abdomen with varying results.• Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation in our study population appears as a safe and promising therapeutic option in the context of intraabdominal sepsis.• NPWT-I is a therapeutic alternative that showed positive results in our patient group.
Keywords:
sepsis;
open abdomen;
pressure wound;
negative pressure;
abdominal sepsis;
management open
Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2017
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