TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS:A CHALLENGE FOR SURGEON

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angličtina
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TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS:A CHALLENGE FOR SURGEON
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Introduction: 30% of patients in intensive care contract an intra-abdominal infection and according to literature complications related to a previous surgery or the recurrence of an infection causing morbidity are as high as 50%. In clinical practice weoften need to select the most appropriate method for the treatment of an abdominal wall defect or open abdomen. Various methods are available and their aim is the same ? to cure the patient?s defect. Method: In the period between June 2011 and December 2012 we observed 32 patients with an abdominal wall defect following surgery who were treated using NPWT. Four of these patients were treated for an ?open abdomen,? according to Bjorck?s open abdomen classification they were in category 2B, 3 and also 4.We evaluated the length of treatment, wound size, onset of infection, level of pain and the price of treatment. We assessed wound size using the WHAT method and to assess the risk of infection we used W.A.R. classification.
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Publication year
2013
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