Abstract Introduction: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is widely used in the
management of the open abdomen despite uncertainty regarding several aspects of usage …

BACKGROUND Open abdominal management with negative-pressure wound therapy
(NPWT) is increasingly used for critically ill trauma and surgery patients. We sought to …

Objective: To determine whether implementation of damage control resuscitation (DCR) in
patients undergoing damage control laparotomy (DCL) translates into improved survival …

Initial Care of the Severely Injured Patient Trauma care has improved owing to interventions
first used on the battlefield. Recent advances include the use of tourniquets, permissive …

Background Severe complicated intra-abdominal sepsis (SCIAS) has an increasing
incidence with mortality rates over 80% in some settings. Mortality typically results from …

The term “shock” originates from “choc,” which was coined by French surgeon Henri
Francois Le Dran in the eighteenth century to describe the destructive impact of gunshot. 1 It …

Background: Damage control laparotomy (DCL) is a lifesaving technique initially employed
to minimize the lethal triad of coagulopathy, hypothermia, and acidosis. Recently, it has …

Background The open abdomen is an innovation that greatly improved surgical
understanding of damage control, temporary abdominal closure, staged abdominal …

Background Failure to achieve primary fascial closure (PFC) after damage control
laparotomy is costly and carries great morbidity. We hypothesized that time from the initial …

BACKGROUND Nonoperative multidisciplinary management for severe (American
Association for the Surgery of Trauma Grades IV and V) liver injury has been used for two …