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Table 2 Operative method for PI/PVG patients

From: Postoperative pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and portal venous gas (PVG) may indicate bowel necrosis: a 52-case study

Treatment

Total

Bowel necrosis

Non-bowel necrosis

 
 

N = 52

N = 17 (32.7)

N = 35 (67.3)

P value

∙ Surgery

11 (21.2)

10 (58.8)

1 (2.9)

 

 Right hemicolectomy ± massive bowel resection

4

4

0

 

 Ileus surgery ± partial small bowel resection

2

2

0

 

 Hartmann’s operation

1

1

0

 

 Intraperitoneal irrigation and drainage

2

2

0

 

 Exploratory laparotomy

2

1

1

 

∙ Conservative therapy

41 (78.8)

7 (41.2)

33 (97.1)

 

 No oral treatment

13

0

13

 

 No oral treatment + Antibiotic

17

5

12

 

 Decompression via gastric tube

6

2

4

 

 Oxygen therapy

3

0

3

 

 Other

5

0

5

 

 In-hospital deaths

12 (23.1)

10 (58.8)

2 (5.7)

<0.0001