Table 2 Outcomes divided for indication to open abdomen treatment
From: IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results
Indication | No. of patients [n(%)] | Age [mean(SD)] | Male gender [%] | No. of dressing [n(SD)] | Days of open abdomen [n(SD)] | Definitive closure [%] | Fascia closure [%] | Complications during treatment [%] | Fistula [%] | Mortality during open [%] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peritonitis | 178 (48.7%) | 61.9 (14.6) | 49.3 | 0.9 (1.4) | 5.2 (4.0) | 79.9 | 59.3 | 43.2 | 14.4 | 20.1 |
Pancreatitis | 14 (4.2%) | 60.9 (15.3) | 69.2 | 2.1 (2.2) | 12.1 (7.1) | 76.9 | 53.8 | 53.8 | 7.7 | 23.1 |
Ischemia | 32 (9.1%) | 69.8 (11.9) | 57.1 | 0.9 (0.9) | 5.7 (3.4) | 92.9 | 78.6 | 39.3 | 14.3 | 7.1 |
Vascular emergencies and hemorrhage | 44 (9.4%) | 64.6 (12.6) | 41.4 | 0.4 (0.8) | 3.7 (3.4) | 88.5 | 72.4 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 11.5 |
Post-operative ACS | 13 (3.9%) | 46.8 (20.1) | 25.0 | 0.4 (0.7) | 3.9 (2.6) | 66.7 | 50.0 | 58.3 | 8.3 | 33.3 |
Trauma | 74 (20.5%) | 39.5 (18.3) | 79.4 | 0.9 (1.6) | 5.4 (6.2) | 86.4 | 73.0 | 20.3 | 6.8 | 13.6 |
Other | 14 (4.2%) | 57.3 (19.3) | 53.8 | 1.4 (1.8) | 5.9 (5.5) | 75.0 | 46.2 | 41.7 | 8.3 | 25.0 |