Outcomes After Laparotomy for Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

Karolinska Institutet196 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcomes of adult patients hospitalised due to penetrating abdominal trauma at a tertiary trauma hospital in South Africa. Our primary objective is to study the association between waiting time to surgery and outcome (mortality, complications, and length of hospital stay) in normotensive patients treated with laparotomy for penetrating abdominal trauma.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

196

Conditions

Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

Interventions

LaparotomyPROCEDURE

Exploratory laparotomy.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients that are admitted due to penetrating abdominal injuries, irrespective of injury mechanism, time from injury and prior treatment. * Patients that are treated with laparotomy. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients that are admitted due to blunt trauma or combinations of blunt and penetrating trauma. * Patients who are dead on arrival. * Patients that are only re-admitted during the study period, i.e. patients that received primary treatment by TBH before study initiation.

Locations (1)

Tygerberg Academic Hospital

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Death

In-hospital death.

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Complications

Complications according to the Clavien-Dindo classification.

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 weeks

Length of stay

Length of hospital stay.

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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