Management of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and the Open Abdomen
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OPEN MANAGEMENT OF THE SEPTIC ABDOMEN
Severe intraabdominal infection associated with abdominal wall, intraperitoneal and remote organ complications, still carries an unacceptably high morality rate. In addition to the fundamental principle of eradication of the source of infection, various treatment modalities have been suggested to improve the commonly grave outcome. Amongst these, open management (OM) of the septic abdomen,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.01.018