As adoption of the open abdomen surgical technique becomes more widespread, critical care nurses are treating more patients with open abdomens, according to Critical Care Nurse. The open abdomen ...

The present article by Blankensteijn et al. sought to determine whether the mortality and complication rate advantage that endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair seemed to have over ...

KCI has launched its ABTHERA ADVANCE™ Open Abdomen Dressing in the United States. It provides a temporary abdominal closure system designed to remove fluids and draw wound edges together while ...

Vacuum therapy for open abdominal wounds is safe enough and works well enough to use in the NHS. This procedure should only be carried out by health professionals with special training in using the ...

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for the open abdomen may be used to manage open abdominal wounds (laparostomy) in which the gut and other intraperitoneal organs are exposed. These patients can ...