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  • Title: The use of Marlex mesh in patients with generalized peritonitis and multiple organ system failure.
    Author: Wouters DB, Krom RA, Slooff MJ, Kootstra G, Kuijjer PJ.
    Journal: Surg Gynecol Obstet; 1983 May; 156(5):609-14. PubMed ID: 6845125.
    Abstract:
    Patients with generalized peritonitis form a rather threatened group, with a high mortality and risk of complications which increases when multiple organ failure develops. In 20 patients with this condition, the laparotomy wound was closed without tension using a Marlex mesh prosthesis, after surgical treatment of the underlying illness and drainage of the abdominal cavity. The mortality was lower than expected, according to data from the literature; also, pulmonary complications, residual abscesses and wound dehiscence occurred less frequently. This method seems to be a valuable contribution to the complex treatment of these patients.
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