[The "abdominal zipper": a surgical surprise].

In our surgical department there are two kinds of mandatory reoperations: the second look and enterostomies. How many times are we thinking to use a zip in a laparotomy, for avoiding abdominal wall damage? The first experience using zip in a newborn with neonatal sepsis and intestinal ischemia is presented. This device allowed to check the bowel every day and to perform the appropriate surgery. Seven days after last surgery we removed the zip and closed the abdominal wall.