Research Article
Efficacy of Prophylactic Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy with Delayed Primary Closure for Contaminated Abdominal Wounds
Table 2
Causes of intraabdominal contamination and CDC wound classification.
| Causes | Number (%) | Class III/IV |
| Upper gastrointestinal diseases | Perforated peptic ulcer | 2 (9.1) | 2/0 | Perforated gastric cancer | 1 (4.5) | 0/1 | Post-ESD perforation | 1 (4.5) | 0/1 | Others | 1 (4.5) | 1/0 |
| Lower gastrointestinal diseases | Small bowel injury | 7 (41.1) | 6/1 | Perforated diverticulitis | 2 (9.0) | 1/1 | Malignancy | 3 (13.6) | 1/2 | Perforated appendicitis | 2 (9.0) | 2/0 | Others | 3 (17.7) | 2/1 | Total | 22 (100) | 15/7 |
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CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection.
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