Open abdomen management of seriously injured or ill
patients has been a challenge for the surgeon. Laparotomy
after damage control with a tamponade, occurrence
of ACS, abdominal wall defects and severe intraabdominal
infections requiring repetitive exploration of the abdominal cavity are situations where a closure of the abdominal
wall is impracticable and TAC is indicated. Also
the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
with its hypermetabolic state which leads to a capillary
leakage and a consecutive swelling of the soft tissue encounters
the same problem. TAC prevents a contamination
of the peritoneal cavity, a bowel desiccation, an evisceration
and a mechanical injury of the viscera. Further,
it should be easily applied and managed. Several TAC
techniques for management of open abdomen [5, 8, 9]
and associated complications and problems [27–30] were
reported. The negative pressure therapy with its wide
range of indications was introduced into the clinical
practice during the last decade. As TAC of open abdomen,
VAC for the first time was applied quite early.