Abdominal and thoracic wall closure: damage control surgery’s cinderella
Abstract
Damage control surgery principles allow delayed management of traumatic lesions and early metabolic resuscitation by performing abbreviated procedures and prompt resuscitation maneuvers in severely injured trauma patients. However, the initial physiological response to trauma and surgery, along with the hemostatic resuscitation efforts, causes important side effects on intracavitary organs such as tissue edema, increased cavity pressure, and hemodynamic collapse. Consequently, different techniques have been developed over the years for a delayed cavity closure. Nonetheless, the optimal management of abdominal and thoracic surgical closure remains controversial. This article aims to describe the indications and surgical techniques for delayed abdominal or thoracic closure following damage control surgery in severely injured trauma patients, based on the experience obtained by the Trauma and Emergency Surgery Group (CTE) of Cali, Colombia. We recommend negative pressure dressing as the gold standard technique for delayed cavity closure, associated with higher wall closure success rates and lower complication and mortality rates.
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- Delayed Cavity Closure
- Temporary Closure
- Open Abdomen
- Negative Pressure Dressing
- Thoracic Packing
- Hemodynamically Unstable
- Damage Control Surgery
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, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Fundación Valle del Lili. Carrera 98 No. 18-49, Cali 760032, Colombia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5326-2317
, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Centro Médico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5862-4906
, Department of Surgery, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellín, Colombia. Department of Surgery, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-4303
, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, Ecuador. Universidad de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-0121
, Department of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center. Washington, D.C., USA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7180-5787
, Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas (CIC), Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6128-0128
, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Fundación Valle del Lili. Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Centro Médico Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Fundación Valle del Lili. Cali, Colombia. Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-8930
, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1179-2854
, Department of Trauma Critical Care, Broward General Level I Trauma Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL – USA
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6496-6275
, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery. Fundación Valle del Lili. Cali, Colombia. Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia.
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