Role of Double-Lumen Irrigation-Suction Tube Drainage in Severe Intra-Abdominal Infection Induced by Endoscopic Sphincterotomy– Related Perforation

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the efficacy of double-lumen irrigation-suction tube (DLIST) in treating severe intra-abdominal infection (SIAI) induced by endoscopic sphincterotomy–related perforation (EST-rP). We enrolled 34 consecutive patients who had been transferred to our hospital with SIAI induced by EST-rP from January 2000 to June 2018. Then they were assigned into two groups based on whether or not rescue surgery had been performed: failed nonoperative treatment group (n = 9) and failed rescue surgery treatment group (n = 25). All 34 patients received DLIST for positive draining by surgery in our hospital. Data collection included demographics, indication for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, time to rescue surgery, surgical procedure, surgical success rate, complications, hospital stay, and postoperative outcome. The research enrolled 34 patients (ages 27–79 years, mean of 57.8 ± 12.1 years). There were no significant differences in age and gender between two groups ( P > 0.05). After being admitted, they were diagnosed with sepsis induced by SIAI (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score range of 2–6, mean of 3.6 ± 0.95). The time from endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography to rescue surgery was 12 to 336 hours (mean of 73.7 ± 72.2 hours); overall hospital stay was 15 to 405 (mean of 127.5 ± 81.5) days. The hospital stay was significantly longer in the failed rescue surgery group than that of the failed nonoperative treatment group ( P < 0.05). The overall mortality rate was 11.8 per cent (4/34). The mortality rate was 16 per cent (4/25) and 0 per cent (0/9), respectively. As a modified suction technology, DLIST placement can effectively treat SIAI induced by EST-rP and lower the mortality rate of rescue surgery treatment.