Negative surgical exploration in suspected gastrointestinal perforation: trend, preoperative predictors, and etiologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the rapid improvement of clinical science and imaging technology including computed tomography, the entity of negative surgical exploration in suspected gastrointestinal perforation (N-GIP) still exist. However, few studies have focused on this issue and most studies are case reports. We undertook this study to investigate the rates of N-GIP, and explore a set of possible preoperative predictors associated with N-GIP.

Methods

This was a retrospective study performed at the department of general surgery in our treatment center. All patients included were suspected gastrointestinal perforation (GIP) cases, aged 14 years and over, and underwent emergency surgery between 2009 and 2019. A predictive multivariable model of the presence of N-GIP was developed usi

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature