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    Evaluation of the Open Abdomen Classification System: A Validity and Reliability Analysis

    Classification of the open abdomen (OA) status is essential for clinical studies on the subject and may help to improve OA therapy. This is a validity and reliability analysis of the OA classification proposed...

    Thordur Bjarnason, Agneta Montgomery, Stefan Acosta in World Journal of Surgery (2014)

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    Pressure at the Bowel Surface during Topical Negative Pressure Therapy of the Open Abdomen: An Experimental Study in a Porcine Model

    Topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy is increasingly used in open abdomen management. It is not known to what extent this pressure propagates through the dressing to the bowel surface, potentially increasin...

    Thordur Bjarnason, Agneta Montgomery, Joanna Hlebowicz in World Journal of Surgery (2011)

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    Vacuum-assisted Wound Closure and Mesh-mediated Fascial Traction—A Novel Technique for Late Closure of the Open Abdomen

    Open abdomen (OA) treatment often results in difficulties in closing the abdomen. Highest closure rates are seen with the vacuum-assisted wound closure (VAWC) technique. However, we have experienced occasional...

    Ulf Petersson, Stefan Acosta, Martin Björck in World Journal of Surgery (2007)

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    Different patterns in immunoreactive anionic and cationic trypsinogen in urine and serum in human acute pancreatitis

    Acute pancreatitis (AP) results in elevated concentrations of trypsinogen (T) isoenzymes in serum. Immunoreactive anionic trypsinogen in urin (irAT/u) is elevated in AP, and has recently been proposed as a rap...

    Ulf Petersson, Stefan Appelros, Anders Borgström in International journal of pancreatology (1999)