VAWCM-Instillation Improves Delayed Primary Fascial Closure of Open Septic Abdomen
Table 1
Patients characteristics for final analysis.
Pooled ()
Irrigation ()
Control ()
Age, years (range)
49 (20–79)
47 (20–79)
51 (28–77)
0.090
Gender (M : F)
92 : 42
52 : 21
40 : 21
0.482
Primary diagnosis, number (%)
Postoperative anastomotic leakage without hemorrhage
51 (38.1)
26 (35.6)
25 (41.0)
0.524
Postoperative anastomotic leakage with hemorrhage
8 (6.0)
5 (6.8)
3 (4.9)
0.638
Severe acute pancreatitis
41 (30.6)
21 (28.8)
20 (32.8)
0.615
Perforation of gastric/duodenal/intestine
22 (16.4)
13 (17.8)
9 (14.8)
0.635
Complicated abdominal abscess
7 (5.2)
5 (6.8)
2 (3.3)
0.301
Othera
5 (3.7)
3 (4.1)
2 (3.3)
0.585
Classification of OA, number (%)
Clean OA without adherence (1a)
37 (27.6)
21 (28.8)
14 (23.0)
0.445
Contaminated OA without adherence (1b)
59 (44.0)
34 (46.5)
25 (41.0)
0.471
Clean OA developing adherence (2a)
21 (15.7)
13 (17.9)
8 (13.1)
0.457
Contaminated OA developing adherence (2b)
2 (1.5)
1 (1.4)
1 (1.6)
0.705
OA complicated by fistula formation (3)
7 (5.2)
4 (5.5)
3 (4.9)
0.599
APACHE II scoreb, mean (range)
13.9 (7–29)
14.2 (9–28)
13.7 (7–29)
0.433
aOther diagnoses included complicated infected hematoma, septic incomplete abortion with traumatized uterus and perforation, acute ileus, and complicated cholecystitis. bAcute physiology score and chronic health evaluation II. The “1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3” are referred to the classification of the patients with septic OA (see [19]).
