Kamran Ahmad, Mudassar Shehzad, Kamran Hakeem Khan, Fazal Ghani.
An overview of common complications of intra-abdominal drains.
Pak J Surg Jan ;35(4):278-82.

Objective: Study aims to determine frequency of complications due to intra abdominal surgery Study design: Descriptive cross sectional study Study duration and place: Study was conducted at department of surgery, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera, KPK. Th is study was carried out from March 2018- August 2018. Material and methods: Sample size of 82 patients was calculated using WHO calculator. Non probability consecutive sampling technique was used. Ethical approval and consent forms were taken. Patients were undergone intra-abdominal drainage surgical procedure and followed aft er 2 weeks for complications. SPSS soft ware was used for data analysis purpose. Chi-square test was applied. P value <=0.05 was considered significant. Results: Present study includes 82 patients. Mean age of patients was 42.7 years+-7.9SD. Th ere were 48(58.5%) male and 34(41.5%) female. Success rate was <=50% in 28(34.1%) patients and >50% in 54(65.9%) patients. most common complication of intra-abdominal drainage is re-hospitalization 30(36.6%), followed by fistula formation 18(22%), obstruction of drainage tube falling out 16(19.5%), bleeding and damage 14(17.1%). Manipulation and repositioning required 12(14.6%). Success rate was significantly associated with drain related falling out (p=0.01), manipulation/repositioning required (p=0.00), damage (p=0.02), obstructed (p=0.04), fistula formation (p=0.00) and bleeding (p=0.00). Conclusion: Intra-abdominal drains has been evolved in last few decades in Pakistan. However, re-hospitalization and fistula formation are most common complications in current data.

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