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Open Abdomen: Historical Notes

  • Rao R. Ivatury
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Abstract

The story of “open abdomen” management (OAM) is reminiscent of many other advances in medicine: described, forgotten, reinvented, ridiculed, and finally accepted. The science of OAM continues to unfold and presents us with a fascinating glimpse into the mysteries of pressure–perfusion phenomena, cytokine response to injury and sepsis, the splanchnic bed, and its role as the motor for multiorgan failure, just to name a few. It is a rational surgical approach, based on solid physiologic principles. Many of the details of OAM management will be discussed in detail in other pages of this work. This chapter will present the evolutionary history of OAM from its origin to the current state.

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  1. 1.Department of SurgeryVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondUSA

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