VID-1.01: Combined endoscopic and surgical treatment for bladder erosion by prolene mesh

The open abdomen and temporary abdominal closure systems – historical evolution and systematic review

“…Trauma was the primary indication in 25 ⁄ 117 (21%) case series (Table 5) and part of a mixed case series in another 30. Pancreatitis was the cause in six [20,29,[53][54][55][56] and part of a heterogeneous case series in a further 34, vascular pathology in five [38,[57][58][59][60] and part of a mixed case series in another 13, transplant in two [61,62], ischaemic gut in one [63] and part of a heterogeneous case series in another 14, and abdominal compartment syndrome in one case series [64] and part of a mixed case series in a further 28. Overall 56 case series comprised patients of mixed aetiologies.…”

“…Applying negative pressure to the fascial edges was evaluated in 35 papers describing 38 (32%) of 117 series, including 1634 (38%) patients ( [22,24,25,27,28,53,55,56,[89][90][91][92][93][94][95]. A zipper or a zipper mesh was used in 13 reporting the results in 15 series [14,16,20,29,63,[96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103].…”