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Complications of planned relaparotomy in patients with severe general peritonitis.
European Journal of Surgery = Acta Chirurgica 1997 January
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the complications of planned relaparotomy for severe general peritonitis and to define when to discontinue relaparotomies.
DESIGN: Retrospective study.
SETTING: University hospital, The Netherlands.
SUBJECTS: 24 consecutive patients who underwent planned relaparotomy for widespread faecal peritonitis caused by large bowel perforation (n = 15) or postoperative anastomotic leakage (n = 9).
INTERVENTIONS: 136 planned relaparotomies and 23 emergency laparotomies for intra-abdominal bleeding.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mortality, intra-abdominal complications, multiple organ failure (MOF) scores, and cultures of the abdominal cavity.
RESULTS: Seven patients died (29%). These patients had significantly higher MOF scores than survivors (p < 0.001) MOF scores did not change during the first seven days. Intra-abdominal complications were more common among those that died than survivors (p < 0.02) and correlated strongly with the number of planned relaparotomies (r = 0.90; p < 0.001). In all but three patients intra-abdominal cultures ceased to grow pathogens (< 10(3) cfu/ml microorganisms) after a median of 3 relaparotomies. Patients in whom fascial closure was achieved had undergone significantly fewer relaparotomies than those in whom it was not possible (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Planned relaparotomy seems to be associated with appreciable morbidity and does not reverse organ dysfunction. The criterion of < 10(3) cfu/ml before cessation of planned relaparotomies might be useful.
DESIGN: Retrospective study.
SETTING: University hospital, The Netherlands.
SUBJECTS: 24 consecutive patients who underwent planned relaparotomy for widespread faecal peritonitis caused by large bowel perforation (n = 15) or postoperative anastomotic leakage (n = 9).
INTERVENTIONS: 136 planned relaparotomies and 23 emergency laparotomies for intra-abdominal bleeding.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mortality, intra-abdominal complications, multiple organ failure (MOF) scores, and cultures of the abdominal cavity.
RESULTS: Seven patients died (29%). These patients had significantly higher MOF scores than survivors (p < 0.001) MOF scores did not change during the first seven days. Intra-abdominal complications were more common among those that died than survivors (p < 0.02) and correlated strongly with the number of planned relaparotomies (r = 0.90; p < 0.001). In all but three patients intra-abdominal cultures ceased to grow pathogens (< 10(3) cfu/ml microorganisms) after a median of 3 relaparotomies. Patients in whom fascial closure was achieved had undergone significantly fewer relaparotomies than those in whom it was not possible (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Planned relaparotomy seems to be associated with appreciable morbidity and does not reverse organ dysfunction. The criterion of < 10(3) cfu/ml before cessation of planned relaparotomies might be useful.
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