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The Open Abdomen in Trauma

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The open abdomen after trauma is a lifesaving intervention. Generally coupled with damage-control surgery, it is being used currently due to improved resuscitation strategies. Patient selection is crucial to enhance survival. Once a patient has an open abdomen, management must be focused on correcting physiology and working toward fascial closure. An aggressive schedule of attempts at closure, coupled with early enteral nutrition, will optimize outcome.

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  1. The Queen’s Medical Center/University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Walter L. Biffl MD

  2. Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA

    Ernest E. Moore MD

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  1. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

    Federico Coccolini

  2. General Surgery, Virginia Commonvealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Rao Ivatury

  3. Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland

    Michael Sugrue

  4. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

    Luca Ansaloni

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Biffl, W.L., Moore, E.E. (2018). The Open Abdomen in Trauma. In: Coccolini, F., Ivatury, R., Sugrue, M., Ansaloni, L. (eds) Open Abdomen. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48072-5_6

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