Vacuum therapy for open abdominal wounds is safe enough and works well enough to use in the NHS. This procedure should only be carried out by health professionals with special training in using the ...

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for the open abdomen may be used to manage open abdominal wounds (laparostomy) in which the gut and other intraperitoneal organs are exposed. These patients can ...

At one time, trauma surgeons considered an operation mandatory to treat gunshot wounds to the abdomen, but a study published online as an "article in press" on the Journal of the American College of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The surgical site infection rate was 10.9% with the wound protector vs. 20.5% with conventional gauze. There was ...