The Open Abdomen - Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate ...
The Open Abdomen - Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate ...
The Open Abdomen - Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate ...
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www.downst<strong>at</strong>esurgery.org<br />
Background<br />
• Prior to 1980, pts tre<strong>at</strong>ed in one definitive surgery<br />
• Leaving OR early thought to increase infection r<strong>at</strong>es<br />
• Diagnoses such as ‘failure to resuscit<strong>at</strong>e’ were common<br />
• P<strong>at</strong>hophysiology <strong>of</strong> ACS not well understood<br />
• Stone 80s, Rotondo 90s: ‘Damage-control’ surgery
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