Getting Better in Open Abdomen Surgery

Open abdominal surgery, which is recommended worldwide after injury control surgery for major trauma, abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) and abdominal sepsis, can be life-saving many times.1 When ACS develops, many systems such as bowel, lung, heart, kidney and central nervous system are adversely affected.1 When ACS is not treated, it is 100% mortal.2 Organ hypoperfusion, microperfusion deterioration, ischemia, acidosis and developing bacterial translocation in the intestines further increase the compartment.