A preliminary prospective study of patients who underwent vacuum-assisted and mesh-mediated fascial traction techniques for open abdomen management with negative fluid therapy: An observational study

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It is unclear whether strategies targeting negative fluid balance are associated with facilitated early fascial closure. The present study investigated the effects of fluid removal therapy on early facial closure of open abdomen patients. A prospective study was conducted in patients who underwent open abdomen management with vacuum-assisted and mesh-mediated fascial traction technique. Therapeutic diuresis with torasemide was applied to cause negative fluid balance in the treatment group. The study and follow-up periods were 7 and 180 days, respectively. The observational indices included the intra-abdominal pressure, the number of days to closure, the type of closure, the septic complications, the duration of ventilation support, the duration of initial hospital stay, and the duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. A total of 27 patients were divided into the treatment (16 patients) and control (11 patients) groups. The median intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) of the patients of the control and the treatment groups was significantly lower at day 7 compared with the baseline value (P < .0001). IAP was lower in the treatment group compared with that noted in the control group, following day 4 of the fluid removal therapy (P < .05). The percentage weight loss in the treatment group was between 4.80% and 10.88%. The early closure rates were significantly higher in the treatment group compared with those in the control group (75.0% vs 18.2%, P = .0063). Fluid removal therapy combined with vacuum-assisted and mesh-mediated fascial traction provided a high early fascial closure rate for open abdomen patients.

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Tian, W., Huang, Q., Yao, Z., Huang, M., Yang, F., Zhao, Y., & Li, J. (2019). A preliminary prospective study of patients who underwent vacuum-assisted and mesh-mediated fascial traction techniques for open abdomen management with negative fluid therapy: An observational study. Medicine (United States), 98(35). https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000016617

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