WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.32, sa.1, ss.13-19, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Backgound Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is a diffucult entity with two main problems during its course: (1) survival of the patient during the early period and (2) closure of the open wounds during the late period. In this study we evaluated the decision to decompress according to the level of intraabdominal pressure (IAP) and analysis of any recurrent or persistent increase in IAP.