Amended Classification of Bjorck et al for the Open Abdomen

In 2016 Bjorck et al amended the 2009 classification of the open abdomen. This included additional categories based on the clinical findings.

Patient selection: open abdomen

Parameters:

(1) clean vs contaminated

(2) adherence or fixation

(3) enteric leak

Clean vs Contaminated	Adherence or Fixation	Enteric Leak	Grade
clean	none	none	1A
contaminated	none	none	1B
NA	none	present	1C
clean	developing	none	2A
contaminated	developing	none	2B
NA	developing	present	2C
clean	frozen	none	3A
contaminated	frozen	none	3B
NA	frozen	established entero-atmospheric fistula	4

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