Effect of Operative Wound Protection on Surgical Wound Complications
Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
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: 248-253, 2007.
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em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-157786
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Surgical wound complications remain a cause of morbidity and mortality among postoperative patients, and the cost of caring for patients with a surgical wound complication is substantial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of a vinyl wound protector to reduce the rate of wound complications when used in clean-contaminated surgery. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Between May 2006 and September 2006, 295 patients with a gastric cancer that underwent gastric surgery were studied prospectively, and the patients were randomized into one of two groups the no wound protector group (n=137) or the polyethylene protector group (n=132).RESULTS:
The demographics and operation type and operation time were similar for patients in both groups. The rate of wound complication was different between patients in the no protector group (n=42) and the polyethylene protector group (n=12) (P=0.001) and the rates of seroma (P=0.001), infection (P=0.030) and dehiscence (P=0.282) were different for the two groups. The postoperative hospital stay was significantly shorter in the polyethylene protector group of patients (P=0.040).CONCLUSION:
The use of a polyethylene protector resulted in a reduction of the surgical wound complication rate, and the cost of caring for patients, and morbidity and mortality among postoperative patients could be reduced.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Gástricas
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Ferimentos e Lesões
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Demografia
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Estudos Prospectivos
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Mortalidade
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Polietileno
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Seroma
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Tempo de Internação
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio Clínico Controlado
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
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