title: Management of the patient with an open abdomen: techniques in temporary and definitive closure.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Edmund J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.forename: Dionne A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Skeete
authors.forename: Karen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Brasel
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D003422:Critical Care; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005756:Gastritis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D011098:Polyglactin 910 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012151:Resuscitation; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000628:therapy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014618:Vacuum; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D011098:Polyglactin 910