Table 4.
Complications
| Complication | All patients group | TAC ≥ 48 h group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPWT | BVPT | p | NPWT | BVPT | p | |
| Abdominal abscess/infection | 23 % (40) | 26 % (26) | 0.56 | 22 % (24) | 25 % (14) | 0.70 |
| ACS | 8 % (14) | 8 % (8) | 1.00 | 4 % (4) | 2 % (1) | 0.66 |
| Abdominal wound dehiscence | 2 % (3) | 1 % (1) | 1.00 | 2 % (2) | 0 % | 0.55 |
| Anastomotic leak | 4 % (7) | 2 % (2) | 0.49 | 5 % (5) | 2 % (1) | 0.67 |
| Application site erosion | 0 % | 1 % (1) | 0.36 | 0 % | 2 % (1) | 0.34 |
| Coagulopathy | 5 % (9) | 5 % (5) | 1.00 | 1 % (1) | 2 % (1) | 1.00 |
| DVT | 3 % (5) | 4 % (4) | 0.73 | 5 % (5) | 2 % (1) | 0.67 |
| Fascial necrosis | 2 % (4) | 5 % (5) | 0.29 | 4 % (4) | 7 % (4) | 0.45 |
| GI ischemia/necrosis | 7 % (13) | 3 % (3) | 0.18 | 10 % (11) | 7 % (4) | 0.78 |
| Intestinal fistula | 4 % (7) | 4 % (4) | 1.00 | 5 % (6) | 7 % (4) | 0.74 |
| Intestinal obstruction | 3 % (5) | 0 % | 0.16 | 3 % (3) | 0 % | 0.55 |
| MODS | 8 % (15) | 16 % (16) | 0.08 | 10 % (11) | 19 % (11) | 0.10 |
| PE | 1 % (1) | 0 % | 1.00 | 1 % (1) | 0 % | 0.34 |
Numbers in parentheses are the numbers of patients
ACS abdominal compartment syndrome, DVT deep vein thrombosis, GI gastrointestinal, MODS multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, PE pulmonary embolism