ArticleWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2012
An audit of secondary peritonitis at a tertiary care university hospital of Sindh, Pakistan.
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- Role of intra-abdominal pressure in the outcomes of perforation peritonitis: A prospective observational study.Turkish journal of surgery · 2021Article
- District General Hospital Surgical Capacity and Mortality Trends in Patients with Acute Abdomen in Malawi.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Descriptive and correlational study of the epidemiological, clinical and etiological characteristics of peritonitis in the surgical department of the HUEH during the period from January 2013 to December 2018: A protocol study.International journal of surgery protocols · 2019Article
- [An exceptional cause of peritonitis: ileal perforation due to a foreign body during reduction of an inguinal hernia].The Pan African medical journal · 2018Article
- Validation of the Surgical Apgar Score After Laparotomy at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Rwanda.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
- Typhoid intestinal perforation in developing countries: Still unavoidable deaths?World journal of gastroenterology · 2017Article
- Which cause of diffuse peritonitis is the deadliest in the tropics? A retrospective analysis of 305 cases from the South-West Region of Cameroon.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2016Article
- Fungal Culture Positivity in Patients with Perforation Peritonitis.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2015Article
- Spectrum of perforation peritonitis.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivePeritonitis is the most common life threatening surgical emergency, which requires urgent surgical intervention and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to highlight the frequency of secondary peritonitis and to analyze the site and causes of perforation, in our tertiary care setup.
methodsA retrospective analysis of 311 patients of secondary peritonitis was done from July 2008 to June 2010 at Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. All cases found to have peritonitis as a result of perforation of any part of gastrointestinal tract at the time of surgery were included in the study. All cases with either primary peritonitis or that due to anastomotic dehiscence were excluded.
resultsA total of 311 patients were studied. Most of the patients were males (77%) and (89%) were in the third and fourth decades of life. Majority of the patients presented with pain (97%) associated with bowel symptoms. Most common site of perforation was small bowel (ileal 59%, jujenal 2%). In this series, most common risk factor of perforation was typhoid (43%). Ileostomy was the most commonly performed procedure. Overall morbidity was 48.5% and mortality was 17%.
conclusionConsidering the relatively higher rate of typhoid perforation quoted in this study, it is vital that typhoid fever ought to be eliminated by improved sanitation and immunizing programmes, otherwise surgeons will be confronted with its complications.
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