Research Article
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Treatment of the Open Abdomen and Incidence of Enteral Fistulas: A Retrospective Bicentre Analysis
Table 2
Indications for the OA.
| | | Initially no fistula () | Preexisting fistula () | Any fistula overall () | value (any fistula versus no fistula) | | | No fistula () | Fistula during NPWT () | Fistula after NPWT () |
| | Surgical/nontrauma | 95.7% (44) | 100.0% (5) | 100.0% (4) | 96.2% (25) | 97.1% (34) | 1.0 | | Traumatic | 4.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 3.9% (1) | 2.9% (1) | NA | | Sepsis peritonitis | 50.0% (23) | 60.0% (3) | 50.0% (2) | 80.8% (21) | 74.3% (26) | 0.04 | | Bowel perforation | 19.6% (9) | 40.0% (2) | 50.0% (2) | 61.5% (16) | 57.1% (20) |
<0.0001 | | Ischemic bowel | 17.4% (8) | 20.0% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 11.5% (3) | 11.4% (4) | 0.54 | | Pancreatitis | 6.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 25.0% (1) | 3.9% (1) | 5.7% (2) | 1.0 | | Intra-abdominal abscess | 15.2% (7) | 60.0% (3) | 50.0% (2) | 15.4% (4) | 25.7% (9) | 0.27 | | Anastomotic dehiscence | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 50.0% (2) | 26.9% (7) | 25.7% (9) | <0.0001 | | Vascular | 15.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 3.9% (1) | 2.9% (1) | 0.13 | | Intra-abdominal hemorrhage | 23.9% (11) | 0.0% (0) | 25.0% (1) | 11.5% (3) | 11.4% (4) | 0.25 | | Abdominal aortic aneurysm | 21.7% (10) | 0.0% (0) | 0.0% (0) | 7.7% (2) | 5.7% (2) | 0.06 | | Damage control surgery | 4.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 25.0% (1) | 3.9% (1) | 5.7% (2) | 1.0 | | Tumor resection | 13.0% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 25.0% (1) | 15.4% (4) | 14.3% (5) | 1.0 | | Other indication | 30.4% (14) | 20.0% (1) | 0.0% (0) | 15.4% (4) | 14.3% (5) | 0.12 |
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