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Table 2 Treatment relevant aspects

From: Endoscopic negative pressure therapy as stand-alone treatment for perforated duodenal diverticulum: presentation of two cases

 

Patient #1

Patient #2

Antibiotic Management

5 days cefotaxime, metronidazole and fluconazol

5 days piperacillin and tazobactam and fluconazol

Endoscopic Management

OPSD using 3 ml feeding tube, end of therapy after good progress in CT-imaging

OPSD using 3 ml feeding tube, concluding diverticulography to exclude a persistent perforation

Number of changes of the OPSD

4

4

Number of progress CT

3

3

Length of hospital stay

20 days

20 days

Adverse events

One accidental dislocation of the tube

One accidental dislocation of the tube

Follow-up telephone survey 6 weeks after hospital discharge

Yes, well-being, supplies itself completely independently

Yes, well-being, supplies itself completely independently, occasional vertigo