CompletedNot Applicable

Trial on Damage Control Surgery for Perforated Diverticulitis With Generalized Peritonitis

22 participantsStarted 2013-10-14

Plain-language summary

Damage control surgery (DCS) with abdominal negative pressure therap (NPT) and delayed anastomosis creation in patients with perforated diverticulitis and generalized peritonitis was established at our Institution in 2006 and has been published. This is the first prospectively controlled randomized study comparing DCS with conventional treatment (Group C).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients with clinical and radiological suspicion of colonic perforation and generalized Peritonitis with indication for emergency surgery were included in the study and intraoperatively confirmed generalized peritonitis Exclusion Criteria: * Covered perforation or peritonitis limited to one quadrant * No colonic perforation (gastric perforation, appendicitis, ...) * Malignancy as cause of perforation * Age \< 18 years * Pregnancy * Preoperative anal incontinence * No patient consent

What they're measuring

Reconstructed bowel continuity

Timeframe: 4 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04034407

SponsorMedical University Innsbruck

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-10-14

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