Open AccessAmended Classification of the Open Abdomen
Author(s) -
M. Björck,
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick,
Michael L. Cheatham,
Mark Kaplan,
Ari Leppäniemi,
Jan J. De Waele
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.774
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1799-7267
pISSN - 1457-4969
DOI - 10.1177/1457496916631853
Subject(s) - medicine , abdomen , enterocutaneous fistula , surgery , fistula , abdominal compartment syndrome , general surgery
In 2009, a classification system for the open abdomen was introduced. The aim of such a classification is to aid the (1) description of the patient's clinical course; (2) standardization of clinical guidelines for guiding open abdomen management; and (3) facilitation of comparisons between studies and heterogeneous patient populations, thus serving as an aid in clinical research.
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