Title |
Efficacy and safety of active negative pressure peritoneal therapy for reducing the systemic inflammatory response after damage control laparotomy (the Intra-peritoneal Vacuum Trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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Published in |
Trials, May 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-14-141 |
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Authors |
Derek J Roberts, Craig N Jenne, Chad G Ball, Corina Tiruta, Caroline Léger, Zhengwen Xiao, Peter D Faris, Paul B McBeth, Christopher J Doig, Christine R Skinner, Stacy G Ruddell, Paul Kubes, Andrew W Kirkpatrick |
Abstract |
Damage control laparotomy, or abbreviated initial laparotomy followed by temporary abdominal closure (TAC), intensive care unit resuscitation, and planned re-laparotomy, is frequently used to manage intra-abdominal bleeding and contamination among critically ill or injured adults. Animal data suggest that TAC techniques that employ negative pressure to the peritoneal cavity may reduce the systemic inflammatory response and associated organ injury. The primary objective of this study is to determine if use of a TAC dressing that affords active negative pressure peritoneal therapy, the ABThera Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System, reduces the extent of the systemic inflammatory response after damage control laparotomy for intra-abdominal sepsis or injury as compared to a commonly used TAC method that provides potentially less efficient peritoneal negative pressure, the Barker's vacuum pack. |
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