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JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE
Volume 65, Issue 2, Pages 349-353Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817fb782
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open abdomen; alloderm; acellular cadaveric dermis
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Background: The purpose of this study is to prospectively examine the use of Human Acellular Dermal Matrix (HADM) in trauma patients with large open abdominal wounds and assess the long-term outcome. Previous studies have not examined the long-term outcomes in trauma patients with abdominal wall reconstructions. Methods: An institutional review board approved prospective case series of consecutive patients admitted to a level I university trauma center, who were unable to have their abdomen closed primarily after trauma laparotomy. These patients had HADM placed to attain closure of the abdomen with skin advancement flaps to cover the HADM when possible. Our primary outcome measure was hernia formation and our secondary outcomes were laxity, fistulae, and infections associated with HADM. Results: Ten patients were enrolled during a t-year period. Mean time to HADM placement was 17.2 days +/- 3.6 days. Mean initial defect size was 425.1 cm(2) +/- 75.9 cm(2) with the largest 770 cm(2). Thirty day follow-up showed no recurrence in 100% patients. Six patients remained for long-term follow-up. Follow-up at 60 days demonstrated significant laxity or recurrent hernia or both in 67% of patients, and this increased to 100% by the end of I year follow-up. There were no bowel fistulae in these patients closed with HADM but 20% with infection. Conclusions: HADM is an alternative available to reconstruct the unclosable open abdomen with no fistulae formation, however, it is associated with a high rate of laxity in large abdominal wounds.
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