Jun Watanabe1, Mitsuyoshi Ota2, Makoto Kawamoto3, Yago Akikazu3, Yusuke Suwa3, Hirokazu Suwa2, Masashi Momiyama4, Atsushi Ishibe4, Kazuteru Watanabe4, Hidenobu Masui3, Kaoru Nagahori3. 1. Department of Surgery, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, 1-16 Yonegahama street, Yokosuka, 238-8558, Japan. nabe-jun@comet.ocn.ne.jp. 2. Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan. 3. Department of Surgery, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, 1-16 Yonegahama street, Yokosuka, 238-8558, Japan. 4. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The effects of subcutaneous closed-suction Blake drain for preventing incisional surgical site infections (SSIs) after colorectal surgery have never been evaluated in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Thus, we performed a RCT to evaluate the clinical benefits of using a subcutaneous closed-suction Blake drain in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. METHOD:Consecutive patients who underwent colorectal surgery were enrolled in this study. Patients were randomly assigned to the subcutaneous closed-suction drainage arm or the control (no subcutaneous drainage) arm. The primary endpoint was incidence rate of incisional SSIs. And, we performed logistic regression analysis to detect predictive factors for incisional SSIs after colorectal surgery. RESULTS:From November 2012 to September 2014, a total of 240 patients were enrolled in this study. One-hundred-seventeen patients who were treated by the control arm and 112 patients by the subcutaneous drainage arm were judged to be eligible for analysis. The incidence of incisional SSIs rate was 8.7 % in the overall patients. The incidence of incisional SSIs rate was 12.8 % in the control arm and 4.5 % in the subcutaneous drainage arm. There was significantly reduction of the incidence in the subcutaneous drainage arm than in the control arm (p = 0.025). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that thickness of subcutaneous fat >3.0 cm, forced expiratory volume in 1 s as percent of forced vital capacity (FEV1.0 %) >70 %, and subcutaneous drain were independent predictors of postoperative incisional SSIs (p = 0.008, p = 0.004, and p = 0.017, respectively). CONCLUSION: The results of our RCT suggest that a subcutaneous Blake drain is beneficial for preventing incisional SSIs in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
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BACKGROUND: The effects of subcutaneous closed-suction Blake drain for preventing incisional surgical site infections (SSIs) after colorectal surgery have never been evaluated in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Thus, we performed a RCT to evaluate the clinical benefits of using a subcutaneous closed-suction Blake drain in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. METHOD: Consecutive patients who underwent colorectal surgery were enrolled in this study. Patients were randomly assigned to the subcutaneous closed-suction drainage arm or the control (no subcutaneous drainage) arm. The primary endpoint was incidence rate of incisional SSIs. And, we performed logistic regression analysis to detect predictive factors for incisional SSIs after colorectal surgery. RESULTS: From November 2012 to September 2014, a total of 240 patients were enrolled in this study. One-hundred-seventeen patients who were treated by the control arm and 112 patients by the subcutaneous drainage arm were judged to be eligible for analysis. The incidence of incisional SSIs rate was 8.7 % in the overall patients. The incidence of incisional SSIs rate was 12.8 % in the control arm and 4.5 % in the subcutaneous drainage arm. There was significantly reduction of the incidence in the subcutaneous drainage arm than in the control arm (p = 0.025). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that thickness of subcutaneous fat >3.0 cm, forced expiratory volume in 1 s as percent of forced vital capacity (FEV1.0 %) >70 %, and subcutaneous drain were independent predictors of postoperative incisional SSIs (p = 0.008, p = 0.004, and p = 0.017, respectively). CONCLUSION: The results of our RCT suggest that a subcutaneous Blake drain is beneficial for preventing incisional SSIs in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
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