title: Open abdomen management: single institution experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the outcome of abdominal wall integrity of both techniques.
  
  
  METHODS
  a retrospective study was carried out at the Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, identifying the patients undergoing temporary abdominal closure (TAC) from January 2005 to December 2011. Data were collected through the review of clinical charts. Inclusion criteria were indication of TAC and survival to definitive abdominal closure. In the post-operative period only a group of three surgeons followed all patients and performed the reoperations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty eightpatients were included. The difference in primary closure rates and mean time for fascial closure did not reach statistical significance (p=0.98 and p=0.23, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VAC and Bogota Bag do not differ significantly regarding the outcome of abdominal wall integrity, due to the monitoring of a specific team and the adoption of progressive closure.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adilson Costa
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues Junior
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando da Costa Ferreira
authors.initials: Fda C
authors.lastname: Novo
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael de Castro Santana
authors.initials: Rde C
authors.lastname: Arouca
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco de Salles Collet E
authors.initials: Fde S
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edna Frasson de Souza
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Montero
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edivaldo Massazo
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Utiyama
mesh_terms: D058107:Abdominal Wound Closure Techniques; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies