Macroscopic changes during negative pressure wound therapy of the open abdomen using conventional negative pressure wound therapy and NPWT with a protective disc over the intestines

BMC Surgery

Research Article

Richard Ingemansson¹  Sandra Lindstedt¹  Joanna Hlebowicz²  Malin Malmsjö³  Johan Hansson⁴ 

[1] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden;Department of Medicine, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden;Department of Ophthalmology, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden;Institution of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;

关键词: negative pressure wound therapy;    open abdomen;    macroscopic changes;    intestinal wall;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-11-10

 received in 2011-01-05, accepted in 2011-04-29,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHigher closure rates of the open abdomen have been reported with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) than with other wound management techniques. However, the method has occasionally been associated with increased development of fistulae. We have previously shown that NPWT induces ischemia in the underlying small intestines close to the vacuum source, and that a protective disc placed between the intestines and the vacuum source prevents the induction of ischemia. In the present study we compare macroscopic changes after 12, 24, and 48 hours, using conventional NPWT and NPWT with a protective disc between the intestines and the vacuum source.MethodsTwelve pigs underwent midline incision. Six animals underwent conventional NPWT, while the other six pigs underwent NPWT with a protective disc inserted between the intestines and the vacuum source. Macroscopic changes were photographed and quantified after 12, 24, and 48 hours of NPWT.ResultsThe surface of the small intestines was red and mottled as a result of petechial bleeding in the intestinal wall in all cases. After 12, 24 and 48 hours of NPWT, the area of petechial bleeding was significantly larger when using conventional NPWT than when using NPWT with the protective disc (9.7 ± 1.0 cm2 vs. 1.8 ± 0.2 cm2, p < 0.001, 12 hours), (14.5 ± 0.9 cm2 vs. 2.0 ± 0.2 cm2, 24 hours) (17.0 ± 0.7 cm2 vs. 2.5 ± 0.2 cm2 with the disc, p < 0.001, 48 hours)ConclusionsThe areas of petechial bleeding in the small intestinal wall were significantly larger following conventional NPWT after 12, 24 and 48 hours, than using NPWT with a protective disc between the intestines and the vacuum source. The protective disc protects the intestines, reducing the amount of petechial bleeding.

【 授权许可】

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