Resumen

ARIAS ALIAGA, Arlene  y  VARGAS OLIVA, Juan Manuel. Open abdomen or contained laparotomy. Current aspects. Multimed [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp. 189-203. ISSN 1028-4818.

Abdominal surgery has increased significantly in quantity and complexity due to the technological development of recent years. In this context, the so-called abdominal catastrophes are observed more frequently in critical care services. Currently, in the field of general surgery, it is mainly attributed to a critical patient, affected by a severe pathology and with Open Abdomen (AA), a condition that carries a high mortality (20 to 60%). On the management of AA, this review is addressed.

Palabras clave : surgery; laparotomy.

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