Patch Repair for Intestinal Perforation Closure in an Ex-Vivo Porcine Model with Burst Pressure Characterization
Journal Title: Journal of Regenerative Medicine & Biology Research - Year 2023, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Bowel perforation is the loss of intestinal wall integrity and can occur by several mechanisms including infection, obstruction, inflammation, trauma and iatrogenic causes. Incidences of bowel perforation range from 1-7% in pediatric trauma patients and 0.02-8% in adults. There is no specific classification for gastrointestinal perforations, but several methods have been used to describe perforations based on etiology, including systemic, inflammatory, medication, neoplastic and instrumentation-induced perforations. We assessed the feasibility of closing small intestine perforations with a mesh patch instead of sutures only. Methods and Findings: Nine porcine ex-vivo small intestine specimens were incised 0.5 cm to simulate bowel perforations. Control group perforations were sutured closed without mesh. The two experimental groups were closed by mesh sewn to the outside (first group) or inside (second group) of the bowel wall. Each specimen was submerged in normal saline and insufflated until air bubbles leaked from the perforation. That insufflation pressure was recorded as the burst pressure. The control group burst at 78.0±17.9 mmHg. The “patch outside” group burst at 54.7±9.1 mmHg. The “patch inside” group burst at 32.0 ±4.6 mmHg. Only the “patch inside” group had statistically significant inferiority, but both groups trended towards inferiority. Conclusions: Preliminary research indicates that patch repair of intestinal perforations is likely inferior to sutures alone, although repair with the patch outside the bowel wall cannot be completely excluded because of the high variability of the data. Further research may try alternate patch types or different variations to find a non-inferior closure method. A sample size of n=9 each would give 80% power to detect a minimal detectable difference of 20 mmHg.
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Ashkhan Hojati, Joseph Policarpio, Rahul S Yerrabelli, Matthew B Wheeler, Blair Rowitz
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.46889/JRMBR.2023.4106
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