To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST multicenter prospective cohort study
Feather C, Rehrig S, Allen R, Barth N, Kugler E, Cullinane D, Falank C, Bhattacharya B, Maung A, Seng S, Ratnasekera A, Bass G, Butler D, Pascual J, Srikureja D, Winicki N, Lynde J, Nowak B, Azar F, Thompson L, Nahmias J, Manasa M, Tesoriero R, Kumar S, Collom M, Kincaid M, Sperwer K, Santos A, Klune J, Turcotte J. To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST multicenter prospective cohort study. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 97: 73-81. PMID: 38523130, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infectionLength of stayHospital length of stayWound classColorectal surgeryICU admissionProcedural detailsMulticenter prospective cohort studyTraumatic colorectal injuriesIn-hospital mortality rateAssociated with increased risk of mortalityAssociated with increased riskMortality rateRates of in-hospital mortalityEmergency colorectal surgeryColorectal surgery patientsProspective observational studyIn-hospital mortalityProspective cohort studyWound closure techniquesAverage length of stayRisk of mortalityStatistically significant differenceVasopressor therapyASA score