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Delayed Primary Closure of the Septic Open Abdomen with a Dynamic Closure System

BACKGROUND: The major challenge in the management of patients with an infected open abdomen (OA) is to control septic peritonitis and intra-abdominal fluid secretion, and to facilitate repeated abdominal exploration, while preserving the fascia for delayed primary closure. We here present a novel me...

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Autores principales: Verdam, Froukje J., Dolmans, Dennis E. J. G. J., Loos, Maarten J., Raber, Menno H., de Wit, Ralph J., Charbon, Jan A., Vroemen, Jos P. A. M.
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Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21850603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1210-8
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author Verdam, Froukje J.
Dolmans, Dennis E. J. G. J.
Loos, Maarten J.
Raber, Menno H.
de Wit, Ralph J.
Charbon, Jan A.
Vroemen, Jos P. A. M.
author_facet Verdam, Froukje J.
Dolmans, Dennis E. J. G. J.
Loos, Maarten J.
Raber, Menno H.
de Wit, Ralph J.
Charbon, Jan A.
Vroemen, Jos P. A. M.
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description BACKGROUND: The major challenge in the management of patients with an infected open abdomen (OA) is to control septic peritonitis and intra-abdominal fluid secretion, and to facilitate repeated abdominal exploration, while preserving the fascia for delayed primary closure. We here present a novel method for closure of the infected OA, based on continuous dynamic tension, in order to achieve re-approximation of the fascial edges of the abdominal wall. METHODS: Eighteen cases with severe peritonitis of various origin (e.g., gastrointestinal perforations, anastomotic leakage) were primarily stabilized by laparostomy, sealed with either the vacuum-assisted closure abdominal dressing or the Bogotá bag. After hemodynamic stabilization and control of the sepsis, the Abdominal Re-approximation Anchor System (ABRA; Canica Design, Almonte, Ontario, Canada) was applied. This system approximates the wound margins through dynamic traction exerted by transfascial elastomers. Before ABRA application, 5/18 patients had a grade 2B, 2/18 a grade 3, and 11/18 a grade or 4 status according to the open abdomen classification of Björck. RESULTS: In this severely ill population the mean time before ABRA system application was 12 days (range: 2–39 days). Two of 18 patients died of non-ABRA-related causes within three weeks. In 14 of the remaining 16 patients (88%) primary abdominal closure of the midline was accomplished in 15 days (range: 7–30 days). The other two patients needed a component separation technique according to Ramirez to reach closure. However, secondary wound dehiscence occurred in both these patients. Two thirds of patients (12/18) developed pressure sores to the skin and/or dermis, but all healed without further complications. During outpatient clinic follow-up, 4/14 successfully closed patients still developed a midline hernia. CONCLUSIONS: Delayed primary closure of OA in septic patients could be achieved in 88% with this new approximation system. However, the risk of hernia development remained. We consider this system a useful tool in the treatment of septic patients with an open abdomen. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00268-011-1210-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-31704632011-09-26 Delayed Primary Closure of the Septic Open Abdomen with a Dynamic Closure System Verdam, Froukje J. Dolmans, Dennis E. J. G. J. Loos, Maarten J. Raber, Menno H. de Wit, Ralph J. Charbon, Jan A. Vroemen, Jos P. A. M. World J Surg Article BACKGROUND: The major challenge in the management of patients with an infected open abdomen (OA) is to control septic peritonitis and intra-abdominal fluid secretion, and to facilitate repeated abdominal exploration, while preserving the fascia for delayed primary closure. We here present a novel method for closure of the infected OA, based on continuous dynamic tension, in order to achieve re-approximation of the fascial edges of the abdominal wall. METHODS: Eighteen cases with severe peritonitis of various origin (e.g., gastrointestinal perforations, anastomotic leakage) were primarily stabilized by laparostomy, sealed with either the vacuum-assisted closure abdominal dressing or the Bogotá bag. After hemodynamic stabilization and control of the sepsis, the Abdominal Re-approximation Anchor System (ABRA; Canica Design, Almonte, Ontario, Canada) was applied. This system approximates the wound margins through dynamic traction exerted by transfascial elastomers. Before ABRA application, 5/18 patients had a grade 2B, 2/18 a grade 3, and 11/18 a grade or 4 status according to the open abdomen classification of Björck. RESULTS: In this severely ill population the mean time before ABRA system application was 12 days (range: 2–39 days). Two of 18 patients died of non-ABRA-related causes within three weeks. In 14 of the remaining 16 patients (88%) primary abdominal closure of the midline was accomplished in 15 days (range: 7–30 days). The other two patients needed a component separation technique according to Ramirez to reach closure. However, secondary wound dehiscence occurred in both these patients. Two thirds of patients (12/18) developed pressure sores to the skin and/or dermis, but all healed without further complications. During outpatient clinic follow-up, 4/14 successfully closed patients still developed a midline hernia. CONCLUSIONS: Delayed primary closure of OA in septic patients could be achieved in 88% with this new approximation system. However, the risk of hernia development remained. We consider this system a useful tool in the treatment of septic patients with an open abdomen. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00268-011-1210-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer-Verlag 2011-08-18 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3170463/ /pubmed/21850603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1210-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Dolmans, Dennis E. J. G. J.
Loos, Maarten J.
Raber, Menno H.
de Wit, Ralph J.
Charbon, Jan A.
Vroemen, Jos P. A. M.
Delayed Primary Closure of the Septic Open Abdomen with a Dynamic Closure System
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21850603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1210-8
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