851. [Postoperative hemoglobin course and septic complications following stomach resection].
- Author
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Jaeger K, Holtz J, Horch R, and Schobert M
- Subjects
- Female, Humans, Male, Peritonitis blood, Pneumonia blood, Pyloric Stenosis surgery, Risk, Stomach Neoplasms surgery, Stomach Ulcer surgery, Surgical Wound Dehiscence blood, Wound Healing, Gastrectomy, Hemoglobinometry, Postoperative Complications blood, Stomach Diseases surgery, Surgical Wound Infection blood
- Abstract
Preoperative and postoperative haemoglobin curves were studied in male patients, following two-third gastrectomy. A group with early septic complications was compared to one without. The groups were comparable for age distribution and pathological patterns (ulcer/gastric stenosis and carcinoma). Preoperative haemoglobin mean values were a the lower normal limit and dropped to 10.8 g/dl in the group with complications on the fifth day from surgery, but stayed constant at 12 g/dl in the control group, as of the second postoperative day. Haemoglobin dropped to mean values around 11 g/dl immediately after surgery in patients with severe complications, such as suture dehiscence. All groups deviated clearly from normal Hb.
- Published
- 1987