Intra-abdominal pressure: a reliable criterion for laparostomy closure?
Fascial closure increased the IAP, which was accompanied by short-termed decrease in urine output. At these levels of IAP fascial closure appears to be harmless, but further prospective studies are needed to determine the critical level of IAP for allowing a safe repair of large fascial defects.
Pretreatment anemia was found to have an independent relationship to the long-term survival of patients with stage I and II gastric cancer.