title: Open abdomen with concomitant enteroatmospheric fistula: attempt to rationalize the approach to a surgical nightmare and proposal of a clinical algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Maggiore Hospital, Bologna Local Health District, and Emergency Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: salo75@inwind.it.
authors.forename: Salomone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Saverio
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarasconi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.affiliation: Trauma Center, Groote Schuur Hospital & University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navsaria
authors.affiliation: General and Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coccolini
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Alicante University General Hospital, Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Costa Navarro
authors.affiliation: Maggiore Hospital, Bologna Local Health District, and Emergency Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandrioli
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, Department of Surgery IV, Surgery and Traumatology, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Pantelis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vassiliu
authors.affiliation: Maggiore Hospital, Bologna Local Health District, and Emergency Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jovine
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catena
authors.affiliation: Maggiore Hospital, Bologna Local Health District, and Emergency Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital Trauma Center, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tugnoli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001458:Bandages; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D054047:Surgical Stomas