Anticoagulants as a Risk Factor in Patients Operated on for Abdominal Hernia

• Authors: Barbara Piątek , Marcin Piwnik , Michał Podgórski , Janusz Strzelczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to determine whether patients treated with anticoagulants in the perioperative period are at higher risk of developing bleeding complications. Material and methods. Medical records of patients operated for abdominal hernia were analysed. Data concerning demographic characteristic of a group, type of hernia, comorbidities, preoperative anticoagulation therapy and complications were collected. Association of applied anticoagulation therapy with the time of drainage, the amount of drained discharge and the length of hospitalisation was evaluated. Results. Analysed group consisted of 186 patients. Thirty seven patients were treated with different schemes of anticoagulant therapy before the the surgery. Patients treated with triple anticoagulation therapy (acetylsalicylic acid, low-molecular weight heparin, vitamin K antagonists) had significantly longer time of drainage in comparison to patients treated according to other schemes (p<0.05). The amount of drained discharge and time of hospitalisation did not differ significantly. Neither comorbidities nor the administration of low-molecular weight heparin did not affect the analysed parameters. Conclusions. Patients operated on abdominal hernia, who were treated with triple anticoagulation therapy in peri-operative period, require significantly longer drainage of the wound what can result in prolonged hospitalisation

Keywords

EN

abdominal hernia; anticoagulants; acetylsalicylic acid; low-molecular-weight heparin; vitamin K antagonists; haemorrhagic complications

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 263-267

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2014

online

2 - 9 - 2014

received

5 - 5 - 2014

Contributors

author

Barbara Piątek

• Department of General and Transplantological Surgery, Norbert Barlicki University Hospital No 1 in Łódź

author

Marcin Piwnik

• Student Science Club at the Department of General and Transplantological Surgery, Norbert Barlicki University Hospital No 1 in Łódź

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Michał Podgórski

• Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Norbert Barlicki University Hospital No 1 in Łódź

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Janusz Strzelczyk

• Department of General and Transplantological Surgery, Norbert Barlicki University Hospital No 1 in Łódź

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2014-0047