Clinical justification of the device for the prevention of post-operating eventration

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Postoperative surgery is one of the most dangerous complications, especially in patients with malignant tumors of the abdominal cavity, where secondary immunodeficiency, cachexia, anemia, etc. occur. Today, there are many ways to prevent postoperative surgery in patients at high risk for this complication, but all of them, along with their advantages, have a number of disadvantages that greatly limit their use. Developing an effective, non-invasive device for preventing postoperative surgery may to some extent solve this problem. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the effectiveness of the device for the prevention of postoperative events, by studying the frequency of development of postoperative complications in patients with malignant tumors of the abdominal organs. Material and methods. We have proposed a device for the prevention of postoperative surgery, the use of which does not require additional surgical techniques during surgery, and also allows the use of the latter in the event of the incomplete (subcutaneous) event (patent No. 120209 from 25.10.2017). The device consists of 5 soft plates lined with soft cloth and connected to each other by the widest parts. The central plate is adjustable depending on the width of the back surface of the patient's torso. The two side plates at the free edges have 11 lacing loops. To substantiate the effectiveness of the use of this device, we investigated 107 operated patients with malignant tumors of the abdominal cavity. The comparison group consisted of 60 people who did not use the proposed device. The main group consisted of 47 patients who used the above device in the early postoperative period. Results of the study and their discussion. The results obtained indicate a significant predominance of the incidence of postoperative events in patients in the main group. It should be noted that there is no significant difference in the frequency of development of "systemic" and other "local" postoperative complications between the two study groups of patients, which indicates the representativeness of the sample since "local" postoperative complications lead to the development of eventration. Patients in the main group, starting from day 2 after surgery, had a markedly lower intra-abdominal pressure during the first 12 days of the early postoperative period. Conclusion. The use of the proposed device for the prevention of postoperative surgery allows a non-invasive way to prevent the development of the latter, as well as the occurrence of the incomplete event to prevent the development of full, without significantly affecting the level of intra-abdominal pressure, compared with conventional use of the bandage.