Department of Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
Int Wound J. 2014 Jun;11 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):17-21. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12288.
A small-bowel enteroatmospheric fistula (EAF) is an especially challenging complication for patients with open abdomens (OAs) and their surgeons. Manipulation of the bowel during treatment (e.g. dressing changes) is one of the risk factors for developing these openings between the atmosphere and the gastrointestinal tract. Unlike enterocutaneous fistulae, EAFs have neither overlying soft tissue nor a real fistula tract, which reduces the likelihood of their spontaneous closure. Surgical closure is necessary but not always easy to do in the OA environment. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been used successfully as an adjunct therapy to heal the wound around EAFs. This review discusses many aspects of managing EAFs in patients with OAs, and presents techniques that have been developed to isolate the fistula and divert effluent while applying NPWT to the surrounding wound bed.
小肠肠腔-大气道瘘(EAF)是开放式腹部(OA)患者及其外科医生面临的一项极具挑战性的并发症。在治疗过程中(例如换药)对肠道的操作是导致这种大气道与胃肠道之间出现开口的危险因素之一。与肠外瘘不同,EAF 既没有覆盖的软组织,也没有真正的瘘管通道,这降低了其自发闭合的可能性。手术闭合是必要的,但在 OA 环境中并不总是容易做到。负压伤口治疗(NPWT)已成功用作辅助治疗方法来治愈 EAF 周围的伤口。本综述讨论了 OA 患者中 EAF 管理的多个方面,并介绍了一些技术,这些技术旨在隔离瘘管并引流流出物,同时对周围伤口床应用 NPWT。