Lambrecht Maarten, Tollens Tim
Department of General Surgery, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Head of Department of Abdominal Surgery, Imelda VZW, Imeldalaan 9, 2820, Bonheiden, Belgium.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2021 Feb 17;63:102162. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.02.008. eCollection 2021 Mar.
An infection of an abdominal wall prosthesis can be a real disaster for the patient. A conservative treatment might be an option if biological or slowly resorbable synthetic meshes were used. However, adequate research of their use in contaminated and dirty wounds lacks.
Herein we report the case of a 69-year-old patient with a heavily infected poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh that was successfully treated conservatively.
Despite promising results of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate meshes, their use remains controversial and studies in contaminated wounds are scarce.
Our case report shows the potential benefits of a poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh in a very high-risk patient with active infection.
腹壁假体感染对患者而言可能是一场真正的灾难。如果使用生物或可缓慢吸收的合成补片,保守治疗可能是一种选择。然而,目前缺乏对其在污染和不洁伤口中应用的充分研究。
在此,我们报告一例69岁患者,其聚-4-羟基丁酸补片严重感染,但通过保守治疗成功治愈。
尽管聚-4-羟基丁酸补片有令人期待的效果,但其应用仍存在争议,且在污染伤口方面的研究较少。
我们的病例报告显示了聚-4-羟基丁酸补片在患有活动性感染的极高风险患者中的潜在益处。