Damage Control Surgery in the Treatment of Complicated Diverticulitis

Diverticulitis Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Damage Control Surgery in the Treatment of Hinchey Stage III and IV Diverticulitis: an Italian Nationwide Survey

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03337984
• Other study ID #: EM-SURG AOSA 2017_1
• Status: Completed
• Start date: September 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: May 2021
• Source: University of Roma La Sapienza
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate the use of damage control surgery by performing bowel resection and laparostomy in the treatment of Hinchey III or IV diverticulitis.

Description:

Despite the progress in the resuscitation modalities of septic patients, Hartmann procedure (HP) is still considered the safest treatment for generalized peritonitis as a consequence of a complicated acute diverticulitis (stages III and IV of the Hinchey's classification). Almost the half of those patients do not have their stoma reversed because of its association with significant morbidity and mortality. To date, the use of resection with primary anastomosis (PA) is a matter of debate, as it is reported in the literature that it is substantially equivalent to HP in terms of morbidity and length of postoperative stay. For these reason, PA is often reserved for younger patients with few co-morbidities and a lesser degree of peritoneal contamination. In the last decade, Damage Control Surgery has been emerging as a valid alternative to HP and RA in patients presenting a severe sepsis caused by purulent or fecal peritonitis in acute diverticulitis. Initially described for the treatment of major abdominal injuries, indications for DCS have subsequently been extended to septic shock, abdominal compartment syndrome and impossibility to perform a primary closure. However, there is still no consensus about the use of DCS in perforated acute diverticulitis.

The aim of this study was to describe "how-to-use" the Damage Control Surgery in patients with purulent and fecal peritonitis following a severe acute diverticulitis and report the impact on patients' outcomes after the application of this technique in several Italian centers of emergency surgery

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 121
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2020
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing surgery for Hinchey III and IV stage scheduled for immediate Hartmann's procedure and ICU recovery

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diverticulitis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Policlinico Abano Terme	Abano Terme	Veneto
Italy	Ospedale Civile di Adria	Adria	Rovigo
Italy	Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedale Riuniti Ancona	Ancona	Marche
Italy	Ospedale San Donato	Arezzo	Toscana
Italy	Ospedale San Giovanni Battista	Foligno	Umbria
Italy	Azienda Ospedaliera Cardarelli	Napoli	Campania
Italy	Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana Policlinico Universitario Cisanello	Pisa	Toscana
Italy	Policlinico San Pietro	Ponte San Pietro	Bergamo
Italy	Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria	Terni	Umbria

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Roma La Sapienza

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

References & Publications (20)

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Bridoux V, Regimbeau JM, Ouaissi M, Mathonnet M, Mauvais F, Houivet E, Schwarz L, Mege D, Sielezneff I, Sabbagh C, Tuech JJ. Hartmann's Procedure or Primary Anastomosis for Generalized Peritonitis due to Perforated Diverticulitis: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Trial (DIVERTI). J Am Coll Surg. 2017 Dec;225(6):798-805. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.09.004. Epub 2017 Sep 22. — View Citation

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Cassini D, Miccini M, Manoochehri F, Gregori M, Baldazzi G. Emergency Hartmann's Procedure and Its Reversal: A Totally Laparoscopic 2-Step Surgery for the Treatment of Hinchey III and IV Diverticulitis. Surg Innov. 2017 Dec;24(6):557-565. doi: 10.1177/1553350617722226. Epub 2017 Jul 27. — View Citation

Cirocchi R, Arezzo A, Vettoretto N, Cavaliere D, Farinella E, Renzi C, Cannata G, Desiderio J, Farinacci F, Barberini F, Trastulli S, Parisi A, Fingerhut A. Role of damage control surgery in the treatment of Hinchey III and IV sigmoid diverticulitis: a tailored strategy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2014 Nov;93(25):e184. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000184. Review. — View Citation

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Girard E, Abba J, Boussat B, Trilling B, Mancini A, Bouzat P, Létoublon C, Chirica M, Arvieux C. Damage Control Surgery for Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies. World J Surg. 2018 Apr;42(4):965-973. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4262-6. — View Citation

Hess GF, Schäfer J, Rosenthal R, Kettelhack C, Oertli D. Reversal after Hartmann's procedure in patients with complicated sigmoid diverticulitis. Colorectal Dis. 2017 Jun;19(6):582-588. doi: 10.1111/codi.13553. — View Citation

Horesh N, Lessing Y, Rudnicki Y, Kent I, Kammar H, Ben-Yaacov A, Dreznik Y, Tulchinsky H, Avital S, Mavor E, Wasserberg N, Kashtan H, Klausner JM, Gutman M, Zmora O. Considerations for Hartmann's reversal and Hartmann's reversal outcomes-a multicenter study. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2017 Nov;32(11):1577-1582. doi: 10.1007/s00384-017-2897-2. Epub 2017 Sep 6. — View Citation

Ince M, Stocchi L, Khomvilai S, Kwon DS, Hammel JP, Kiran RP. Morbidity and mortality of the Hartmann procedure for diverticular disease over 18 years in a single institution. Colorectal Dis. 2012 Aug;14(8):e492-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03004.x. — View Citation

Kafka-Ritsch R, Birkfellner F, Perathoner A, Raab H, Nehoda H, Pratschke J, Zitt M. Damage control surgery with abdominal vacuum and delayed bowel reconstruction in patients with perforated diverticulitis Hinchey III/IV. J Gastrointest Surg. 2012 Oct;16(10):1915-22. Epub 2012 Jul 28. — View Citation

Khan A, Hsee L, Mathur S, Civil I. Damage-control laparotomy in nontrauma patients: review of indications and outcomes. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Sep;75(3):365-8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31829cb65e. — View Citation

Perathoner A, Klaus A, Mühlmann G, Oberwalder M, Margreiter R, Kafka-Ritsch R. Damage control with abdominal vacuum therapy (VAC) to manage perforated diverticulitis with advanced generalized peritonitis--a proof of concept. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2010 Jun;25(6):767-74. doi: 10.1007/s00384-010-0887-8. Epub 2010 Feb 11. — View Citation

Richards CH, Roxburgh CS; Scottish Surgical Research Group (SSRG). Surgical outcome in patients undergoing reversal of Hartmann's procedures: a multicentre study. Colorectal Dis. 2015 Mar;17(3):242-9. doi: 10.1111/codi.12807. — View Citation

Sohn M, Agha A, Heitland W, Gundling F, Steiner P, Iesalnieks I. Damage control strategy for the treatment of perforated diverticulitis with generalized peritonitis. Tech Coloproctol. 2016 Aug;20(8):577-83. doi: 10.1007/s10151-016-1506-7. Epub 2016 Jul 22. — View Citation

Subramanian A, Balentine C, Palacio CH, Sansgiry S, Berger DH, Awad SS. Outcomes of damage-control celiotomy in elderly nontrauma patients with intra-abdominal catastrophes. Am J Surg. 2010 Dec;200(6):783-8; discussion 788-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.07.027. — View Citation

Turley RS, Barbas AS, Lidsky ME, Mantyh CR, Migaly J, Scarborough JE. Laparoscopic versus open Hartmann procedure for the emergency treatment of diverticulitis: a propensity-matched analysis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2013 Jan;56(1):72-82. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182749cf5. — View Citation

Vennix S, Boersema GS, Buskens CJ, Menon AG, Tanis PJ, Lange JF, Bemelman WA. Emergency Laparoscopic Sigmoidectomy for Perforated Diverticulitis with Generalised Peritonitis: A Systematic Review. Dig Surg. 2016;33(1):1-7. doi: 10.1159/000441150. Epub 2015 Nov 10. Review. — View Citation

Weber DG, Bendinelli C, Balogh ZJ. Damage control surgery for abdominal emergencies. Br J Surg. 2014 Jan;101(1):e109-18. doi: 10.1002/bjs.9360. Epub 2013 Nov 25. Review. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mortality	Mortality rate related to treatment	6 months
Secondary	Morbidity	Complications rate arranged by Clavien-Dindo classification I to IV	6 months
Secondary	Lenght of stay (LOS)	Days of stay as inpatient	6 months
Secondary	ICU lenght of stay	Days of stay as	12 months
Secondary	Number of Hartmann's procedure	Observed to expected (O:E) ratio of Hartmann's procedures	1 month