International Journal of Colorectal Disease

, Volume 30, Issue 11, pp 1495–1504 | Cite as

Surgical outcomes and prognostic factors of emergency surgery for colonic perforation: would fecal contamination increase morbidity and mortality?

  • Eon Chul Han
  • Seung-Bum Ryoo
  • Byung Kwan Park
  • Ji Won Park
  • Soo Young Lee
  • Heung-Kwon Oh
  • Heon-Kyun Ha
  • Eun Kyung Choe
  • Sang Hui Moon
  • Seung-Yong Jeong
  • Kyu Joo Park
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Abstract

Purpose

Complications resulting from colonic perforation are related to secondary peritonitis due to bacterial or fecal contamination. We investigated outcomes of emergency surgery for colonic perforation associated with fecal contamination with regard to early and late postoperative complication rates and mortality rates, and investigated prognostic factors influencing those outcomes.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on factors influencing complications and mortality rates was conducted on data from 152 patients who had undergone emergent operations for colonic perforation between January 2005 and December 2011. Patients were categorized into two groups: those with and without gross fecal contamination at the time of operation.

Results

Forty-one (26.9 %) patients had gross fecal contamination. Patients who had fetal contamination had a higher Mannheim peritonitis index (31.3 ± 5.1 vs. 21.9 ± 7.2, p < 0.001), higher organ failure rate (53.7 vs. 24.3 %, p = 0.001), and longer operating time (168.8 ± 49.9 vs. 144.8 ± 66.1 min, p = 0.036) than patients without fecal contamination. Early complications (<30 days) occurred more frequently in the fecal contamination group (82.9 vs. 49.5 %, p = 0.001), although late complications (46.2 vs. 39.3 %, p = 0.942) and mortality (17.1 vs. 8.1 %, p = 0.110) did not differ. In multivariate analysis, fecal contamination significantly predicted early complications (odds ratio, 2.78; p = 0.037) but not late complications or mortality.

Conclusions

The frequency of early complications can increase if fecal contamination exists. However, when early complications are well managed, fecal contamination does not significantly influence occurrences late complications or mortality.

Keywords

Colonic perforation Fecal contamination Morbidity Mortality Risk factors 
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Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Eon Chul Han
    • 1
  • Seung-Bum Ryoo
    • 1
  • Byung Kwan Park
    • 1
  • Ji Won Park
    • 1
  • Soo Young Lee
    • 1
  • Heung-Kwon Oh
    • 2
  • Heon-Kyun Ha
    • 4
  • Eun Kyung Choe
    • 3
  • Sang Hui Moon
    • 1
  • Seung-Yong Jeong
    • 1
  • Kyu Joo Park
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of SurgerySeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulRepublic of Korea
  2. 2.Department of SurgerySeoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of MedicineSeongnamRepublic of Korea
  3. 3.Seoul National University Hospital Gangnam CenterSeoulRepublic of Korea
  4. 4.Department of SurgeryMyongji HospitalGoyangRepublic of Korea

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