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Abdominal compartment syndrome is a potentially life-threatening condition seen in critically ill patients. Several techniques have been described for abdominal wall closure after a damage control laparotomy to achieve static and dynamic support without leading to abdominal hypertension. To describe short termn results after a modified Chevrel technique for midline incisional hernia repair in patients with abdominal hypertension. We perfomed a modified Chevrel as an abdominal wall closure technique in 9 patients between January 2016 and January 2022. The inclusion criteria were patients surgical intervened from gastrointestinal diseases and postoperative complications who suffered from varying degrees of abdominal hypertension. We consider this surgical approach in symptomatic patients with intrabdominal pressures exceeding 20mmHg who were stable enough to undergo surgery. Nine patients were treated with this technique (6 male and 3 female). Their BMI ranged from morbidly obese to severe underweight. The main reasons why only one side of the fascia could be used were: The presence of a stoma, intrabdominal drains and inverted T-scars from previous surgeries. The use of mesh was dismissed in 6 of the patients (66.7%) because they required subsequent abdominal surgeries. None of the patients developed hernia recurrence, although we did have one case of bulging, one hematoma and one case of seroma. Our results are limited by a 33% mortality within the first two years. The modified Chevrel technique can be used as an urgent surgical tool for closing midline defect in patients undergoing compartimental syndrome and abdominal hypertension.