Bacteriological study of the wounds during drainage of the abdominal cavity after operations on the liver and pancreas
Kazantsev, N.I.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 150(5-6): 13-16
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 8091564 Document Number: 414880
Results of bacteriological studies have shown that the secondary infection of wounds and the abdominal cavity in patients comes through the glove-gauze tampon in 76.9% of cases. The pathogenic microflora comes into the wound and the abdominal cavity by the tampon from the skin under the aseptic adhesive. It occurs much more rarely (7.15% of cases--p < 0.001) if tube drains and active aspiration are used for drainage at the postoperative period. This method of drainage of the abdominal cavity is followed by 3 times less amount of complications than when using the glove-gauze tampons. Tampons should be used for drainage of the abdominal cavity but when hemostasis is not thorough for certain and when it is necessary to delimit the pyo-inflammatory process from the free abdominal cavity.