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SOBERON VARELA, Iris et al. Results of the colonic primary suture of penetrating abdominal lesions. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2010, vol.49, n.4, pp.43-51. ISSN 0034-7493.

INTRODUCTION. Mortality due to colon due to penetrating abdominal traumata has decreased but in some health centers there is a controversy related to primary stitch or not such wounds. In present paper authors showed the results of colonic primary suture in penetrating abdominal wounds in patients seen by a surgery working basic team from the "Joaquín Albarrán Domínguez" Clinical Surgical Hospital (La Habana). METHODS. A prospective study was performed in all patients presenting with abdominal penetrating wounds and colonic lesions who underwent colon primary suture seen by our working basic team between January, 2005 and May, 2008. The exclusion criteria included only the hypovolemic shock status, delay for more than 6 hours from the moment of lesion and surgery as well as the severe fecal contamination. RESULTS. During the above period 17 male patients aged 16 and 43 were operated on the 76,4% with associated intra-abdominal lesions. The causal agent of wound was a steel in the 100% of cases. Left colon was the more involved site (53%). The 100% of patients received antibiotics and the more used were third-generation cephalosporins associated always with the Metrodinazole. There were re-surgical interventions without dehiscence suture. No death occurred and man stay was of 6,9 days. CONCLUSIONS. The suture of colonic wounds produced by steel safe even though these be located in the left colon and there are lesions associated with other organs.

Palabras clave : Primary suture; penetrating wound; colon.

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