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. 2022 Dec;74(6):1925-1931.
doi: 10.1007/s13304-022-01359-6. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Single center experience with salvage surgery for chronic pelvic sepsis

Andries Ryckx  1 , Daniel Leonard  1 , Radu Bachmann  1 , Christophe Remue  1 , Suttor Charles  1 , Alex Kartheuser  2
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Single center experience with salvage surgery for chronic pelvic sepsis

Andries Ryckx et al. Updates Surg. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

Chronic pelvic sepsis eventually requires salvage surgery in half of all patients. The goal of surgery is to resolve pelvic inflammation while restoring intestinal continuity. Our salvage procedure achieves this by bringing a healthy conduit into the pelvis and creating an anastomosis beyond the source of sepsis. We aimed to review our single center experience with this procedure for the treatment of chronic pelvic sepsis. All patients requiring the procedure from 2010 to 2018 were retrospectively reviewed using a prospective database. Morbidity and mortality were evaluated, and restoration of bowel continuity at 1-year rate was the endpoint. Twenty patients were included. The main indication was pelvic sepsis after anastomotic leak (AL). The median age was 60 (42-86) years and the median BMI was 26 (18-37) kg/m2. The median time carrying a stoma before the intervention was 15 months, and median time to intervention was 32 months. All patients had a diverting stoma. There were no death and overall morbidity reached 60%, and AL rate was 10%. At 1 year, 70% of the patients had their intestinal continuity restored. In expert hands, salvage surgery for chronic pelvic sepsis has acceptable morbidity rates, an acceptable rate of AL, and a bowel restoration success rate 70% at 1 year, and is a valuable option for patients failing conservative treatment.

Keywords: Chronic pelvic sepsis; Colonanal anastomosis; Transanal pull through.

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