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World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2016; 8(8): 590-597
Published online Aug 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i8.590
Open abdomen in gastrointestinal surgery: Which technique is the best for temporary closure during damage control?
Marcelo A F Ribeiro Junior, Emily Alves Barros, Sabrina Marques de Carvalho, Vinicius Pereira Nascimento, José Cruvinel Neto, Alexandre Zanchenko Fonseca
Marcelo A F Ribeiro Junior, Emily Alves Barros, Sabrina Marques de Carvalho, Vinicius Pereira Nascimento, José Cruvinel Neto, Alexandre Zanchenko Fonseca, Department of Surgery, University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo CEP 04829-300, Brazil
Author contributions: Ribeiro Junior MAF, Barros EA, de Carvalho SM, Nascimento VP performed the research; Ribeiro Junior MAF, Cruvinel Neto J and Fonseca AZ analyzed the data; Ribeiro Junior MAF and Fonseca AZ wrote the paper; Ribeiro Junior MAF supervised the paper; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: The technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset are available from the corresponding author at mfribeiro@unisa.br.
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Correspondence to: Marcelo A F Ribeiro Junior, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, University of Santo Amaro, Rua Prof. Enéas de Siqueira Neto, 340, São Paulo CEP 04829-300, Brazil. mfribeiro@unisa.br
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Received: April 20, 2016
Peer-review started: April 20, 2016
First decision: June 6, 2016
Revised: June 23, 2016
Accepted: July 11, 2016
Article in press: July 13, 2016
Published online: August 27, 2016
Core Tip

Core tip: The authors reviewed several manuscripts published in the last 20 years evaluating the management of the open abdomen. Several techniques have been described and the most popular ones were analyzed. The vacuum assisted closure (vacuum-assisted closure therapy), Bogota bag and Barker technique are currently the most used. The authors evaluate, for each technique, efficiency, complications, mortality and wound control.