title: Hartmann procedure: place in surgery and what after?
abstract: The results of 65 consecutive cases of Hartmann's procedure carried out between 1982/1993 inclusive, were reviewed. There were 41 emergency procedures including 27 cases with complicated carcinoma and 24 elective procedures including 20 with carcinoma, 3 with diverticular disease and one with perirectal haemangioma. Postoperative complications occurred in 25 (38.5%) patients, including 13 (19%) with wound infection. Seven patients had to be reoperated because of intraperitoneal abscess (3 cases) or wound dehiscence (4 cases). There were five (7.7%) postoperative deaths. The mean hospital stay of operation survivors was 16 days (range 8-54). Intestinal continuity has been reestablished in 13 (81.2%) of 16 survivors in the benign disease group and in 4.5% of patients of the malignant group. The mean time to of restoration of continuity was 240 days (range 40-630) after the primary procedure. No one died after these procedures. In five (31.2%) patients postoperative complications were observed: anastomotic leak (2 cases) and wound infection (3 cases). All complications were treated conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bielecki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kamiński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies