Open Abdomen with Concomitant Enteroatmospheric Fistula: Attempt to Rationalize the Approach to a Surgical Nightmare and Proposal of a Clinical Algorithm

Received September 5, 2014; Revised November 8, 2 November 12, 2014. From the Maggiore Hospital, Bologna Local Health Distr gency Surgery and Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospita ter, Bologna (Di Saverio, Mandrioli, Jovine, Tugnoli), Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Par Catena), General and Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Hos vanni XXIII, Bergamo (Coccolini), Italy, Department of S sity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (Inaba), T Groote Schuur Hospital & University of Cape Town, Sou saria), Department of Surgery, Alicante University Genera cante, Spain (Costa Navarro), and Attikon Univer Department of Surgery IV, Surgery and Traumatology, (Vassiliu). Correspondence address: Salomone Di Saverio, MD, Mag L.go Nigrisoli 2, Bologna, Italy. email: salo75@inwind.it