ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Closure Center

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Excessive pressure within the peritoneal cavity, known as intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), can adversely affect not only intra-peritoneal organ function, but also other organ systems throughout the body. When IAH > 20 mmHg induces new organ dys...

Jan 7th, 2023 - Many patients receiving pediatric palliative care (PPC) present with surgically treatable problems. The role of surgery in the care of these patients, however, has not yet been defined. We conducted a cohort study of children receiving PPC to ass...

Dec 23rd, 2022 - Immediate postoperative extubation (IPE) can reduce perioperative complications and length of stay (LOS), however it is performed variably after liver transplant across institutions and has historically excluded high-risk recipients from considera...

Dec 9th, 2022 - Current guidelines advocate liberal use of delayed abdominal closure in patients with acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) undergoing laparotomy. Few studies have systematically examined this practice. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect ...

Nov 4th, 2022 - International register of open abdomen (IROA) enrolls patients from several centers in American, European, and Asiatic continent. The aim of our study is to compare the characteristics, management and clinical outcome of adult patients treated wit...

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Excessive pressure within the peritoneal cavity, known as intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), can adversely affect not only intra-peritoneal organ function, but also other organ systems throughout the body. When IAH > 20 mmHg induces new organ dys...

Sep 15th, 2022 - The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of the ABTHERA ADVANCE for patients requiring open abdomen due to necrotizing pancreatitis. The instiutions traditional approach is to use the ABTHERA Open Abdomen dressing with Wittmann patch. Ho...

Aug 17th, 2022 - Background There are patient and surgical procedure-related risk factors that increase the risk of postoperative incisional hernia. Patient-related risk factors: male gender, previous laparotomy, over 50 years of age, malignant disease, COPD, hypo...

Aug 8th, 2022 - For several years, open abdomen with temporary abdominal closure using Negative Pressure Therapy (OA/NPT) has become one of the leading strategies to treat or prevent intra-abdominal hypertension in critically ill surgical patients after a wide ra...

Aug 1st, 2022 - This study is being done to gather data that will be used to compare two different TAC (Temporary Abdominal Closure) methods. The two TAC methods being compared are the Barker's vacuum packing technique or BVPT and the Open Abdomen Negative Pressu...

Jun 24th, 2017 - SEATTLE – Intraperitoneal ropivacaine decreases postoperative pain and improves functional recovery after laparoscopic colectomy, according to randomized, blinded trial from the Royal Adelaide (Australia) Hospital. “We recommend routine inclusion.

Feb 21st, 2013 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Direct peritoneal resuscitation with 2.

Dec 6th, 2010 - "I think this shows that the protocol does make a difference. This is really what we feel is the best way to accomplish closure in very complex patients.