Are eviscerations preventable?

ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of eviscerations is 3.5% in the literature. The use of prophylactic meshes in patients at high risk of evisceration has been studied. The objective of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of patients undergoing abdominal wall resuturing due to eviscera...

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Main Authors: JULIO FERNANDES TOMASI, FABIELLE MENEZES TOLFO, LAIS MADEIRA CONSTANTINO, FELIPE ANTÔNIO CACCIATORI
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Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões 2025-02-01
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author JULIO FERNANDES TOMASI
FABIELLE MENEZES TOLFO
LAIS MADEIRA CONSTANTINO
FELIPE ANTÔNIO CACCIATORI
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description ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of eviscerations is 3.5% in the literature. The use of prophylactic meshes in patients at high risk of evisceration has been studied. The objective of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of patients undergoing abdominal wall resuturing due to evisceration and verify the benefit of using prophylactic mesh in this sample. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, which analyzed the medical records of patients who underwent abdominal wall resuturing procedures between January 2010 and December 2023 in a tertiary hospital. The inclusion criteria were patients who underwent abdominal wall resuturing in the study hospital, with index surgery in the same hospital and median access. Patients under 18 years of age, patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery and non-median access were excluded. The Rotterdam risk score for aponeurosis dehiscence, modified by Lima, was used as a parameter. Results: The final sample of 252 patients was made up of 74.2% men. The median age was 64 years and the median BMI was 24.3kg/m2. The median number of days between surgery and resuturing was 8. The median hemoglobin was 11.1g/dL. The incidence of neoplasia, smoking and COPD was 47.2%, 32.1% and 13% respectively. Elective surgeries were 58.8%. Conclusion: It was concluded that, using the modified Rotterdam score, of the 227 patients, 164 (72.2%) would have received prophylactic mesh, which potentially would have prevented evisceration.
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spelling doaj-art-a73939465f6f41998589f8ab46eaf19b2025-08-20T02:46:29ZengColégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões1809-45462025-02-015210.1590/0100-6991e-20253814-enAre eviscerations preventable?JULIO FERNANDES TOMASIhttps://orcid.org/0009-0001-5647-039XFABIELLE MENEZES TOLFOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7102-0098LAIS MADEIRA CONSTANTINOhttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-1453-3481FELIPE ANTÔNIO CACCIATORIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4559-6261ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of eviscerations is 3.5% in the literature. The use of prophylactic meshes in patients at high risk of evisceration has been studied. The objective of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of patients undergoing abdominal wall resuturing due to evisceration and verify the benefit of using prophylactic mesh in this sample. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, which analyzed the medical records of patients who underwent abdominal wall resuturing procedures between January 2010 and December 2023 in a tertiary hospital. The inclusion criteria were patients who underwent abdominal wall resuturing in the study hospital, with index surgery in the same hospital and median access. Patients under 18 years of age, patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery and non-median access were excluded. The Rotterdam risk score for aponeurosis dehiscence, modified by Lima, was used as a parameter. Results: The final sample of 252 patients was made up of 74.2% men. The median age was 64 years and the median BMI was 24.3kg/m2. The median number of days between surgery and resuturing was 8. The median hemoglobin was 11.1g/dL. The incidence of neoplasia, smoking and COPD was 47.2%, 32.1% and 13% respectively. Elective surgeries were 58.8%. Conclusion: It was concluded that, using the modified Rotterdam score, of the 227 patients, 164 (72.2%) would have received prophylactic mesh, which potentially would have prevented evisceration.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912025000100201&lng=en&tlng=enSurgical WoundHernia, AbdominalAbdominal WallEviscerationProphylactic Mesh
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LAIS MADEIRA CONSTANTINO
FELIPE ANTÔNIO CACCIATORI
Are eviscerations preventable?
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Surgical Wound
Hernia, Abdominal
Abdominal Wall
Evisceration
Prophylactic Mesh
title Are eviscerations preventable?
title_full Are eviscerations preventable?
title_fullStr Are eviscerations preventable?
title_full_unstemmed Are eviscerations preventable?
title_short Are eviscerations preventable?
title_sort are eviscerations preventable
topic Surgical Wound
Hernia, Abdominal
Abdominal Wall
Evisceration
Prophylactic Mesh
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