Federico Coccolini • Rao Ivatury
Michael Sugrue • Luca Ansaloni
Editors

2018

A Comprehensive Practical Manual

The treatment of patients with intra-abdominal catastrophes with an open abdomen involves several potential complex management strategies. The open abdomen is universally recognized as an option to improve outcomes in selected patients. Firstly described in damage control procedures in trauma the open abdomen is now increasingly used in nontrauma patients. The challenge and key in decision making is balancing whether an open abdomen is going to benefit patients yet not create counter-product morbidity.