title: Decompressive laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure versus percutaneous puncture with placement of abdominal catheter in patients with abdominal compartment syndrome during acute pancreatitis: background and design of multicenter, randomised, controlled study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Development of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) has a strong impact on the course of disease. Number of patients with this complication increases during the years due more aggressive fluid resuscitation, much bigger proportion of patients who is treated conservatively or by minimal invasive approach, and efforts to delay open surgery. There have not been standard recommendations for a surgical or some other interventional treatment of patients who develop ACS during the SAP. The aim of DECOMPRESS study was to compare decompresive laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure and percutaneus puncture with placement of abdominal catheter in these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred patients with ACS will be randomly allocated to two groups: I) decompresive laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure or II) percutaneus puncture with placement of abdominal catheter. Patients will be recruited from five hospitals in Belgrade during two years period. The primary endpoint is the mortality rate within hospitalization. Secondary endpoints are time interval between intervention and resolving of organ failure and multi organ dysfunction syndrome, incidence of infectious complications and duration of hospital and ICU stay. A total sample size of 100 patients was calculated to demonstrate that decompresive laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure can reduce mortality rate from 60% to 40% with 80% power at 5% alfa.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DECOMPRESS study is designed to reveal a reduction in mortality and major morbidity by using decompresive laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure in comparison with percutaneus puncture with placement of abdominal catheter in patients with ACS during SAP.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NTC00793715.
authors.affiliation: Center for Emergency Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia. dejanr@sbb.rs
authors.forename: Dejan V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Radenkovic
authors.forename: Djordje
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bajec
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ivancevic
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bumbasirevic
authors.forename: Natasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Milic
authors.forename: Vasilije
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jeremic
authors.forename: Pavle
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gregoric
authors.forename: Aleksanadar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karamarkovic
authors.forename: Borivoje
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karadzic
authors.forename: Darko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirkovic
authors.forename: Dragoljub
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bilanovic
authors.forename: Radoslav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scepanovic
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cijan
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D058107:Abdominal Wound Closure Techniques; D000208:Acute Disease; D002404:Catheterization; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012107:Research Design