In contrast to our previous data on surgical gloves showing most perforations at the non-dominant hand, mainly at the index finger [ 4], this study could show that perforations of examination gloves were almost equally distributed over the fingers and the palm of both hands, indicating different risk factors for perforations of both glove types and associated use.
These reports allow identification of some risk factors for perforation.
Reported risk factors of GI perforations due to bevacizumab include the presence of a primary tumor in situ and recent history of endoscopy or abdominal radiotherapy.
2) Identify risk factors for perforation.
In order to verify which, if any, clinical and laboratory parameters observed at initial laparotomy had an influence on the number of laparostomy revisions, we considered as potential risk factors: age; number of perforations; distance of the perforations from the ileocaecal valve, type of surgery; WBC count; haemoglobin level (Table 1).
Risk factors include tumour at the site of perforation, abdominal carcinomatosis, acute diverticulitis, bowel obstruction, recent history of sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, and history of pelvic or abdominal irradiation.
In the pathogenesis of perforation and bleeding, however, other factors such as NSAID and smoking are of great importance as well.
Patients with risk factors should be carefully monitored for clinical signs of perforation, such as abdominal pain, obstipation, fever, vomiting and leucocytosis [149].
An important measure of flow efficiency or productivity of perforation completions can be referred to as skin factor (s) and productivity index (PI).
The role of glove perforation as risk factor of surgical site infection (SSI) is still not well understood.
