The Spice That Makes Things Hot
Sometimes the open abdomen and appropriate resuscitation are not enough to make patients recover from their pathological state... In these rare but threatening events, direct peritoneal resuscitation comes handy to help and fasten patients' healing.
How to Close the Pandora’s Box – Part 2
The second part of our post on the open abdomen management... Nothing comes without a price... Open abdomen carries several possible complications... Find them out, and learn how to close it definitively...
How to Close the Pandora’s Box – Part 1
How to fashion an open abdomen?! There are a lot of techniques... Some better than others... Let's find them out...
Another Trick in the Wall
Open abdomen is one of the most important techniques to know in case of damage control surgery in both emergency and trauma surgery setting. Find out its indications and its possible complications...
How to Open the Pandora’s Box
Operating on trauma patients is not the same as performing surgery during a scheduled procedure. Trauma surgery may seem just fast and confusional, but it’s quite the contrary. Trauma surgery follows precise rules…
