title: Combined therapy of NPWT and bipedicled flap as an alternative approach for giant abdominal wall defect with significant visceral edema: report of a case.
abstract: Open abdomen management is commonly used for the critically injured patients to avoid abdominal compartment syndrome. But it usually continues for days to weeks and finally results in abdominal wall defect that is too wide to close at once. This article presents an alternative approach to close the giant abdominal wall defect by using the combination of bipedicled flaps with the components separation technique and V.A.C.® system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Warabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Emi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Funayama
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
keywords: V.A.C.® system; abdominal wall defects; bipedicled flap; components separation technique; open abdomen