The TICAP-Study (titanium clips for appendicular stump closure): A prospective multicentre observational study on appendicular stump closure with an innovative titanium clip

Table 6 Complications and adverse events of patients treated successfully with the DS-Clip (n = 390)

	n	%
Superficial wound infection	9	2.31
Intra-abdominal abscess	5	1.28
Appendicular stump leak	1	0.26
Persistent pain	7	1.79
Haematoma wound	2	0.51
Abdominal bleeding	3	0.77
Ongoing Peritonitis	1	0.26
Other^a	9	2.31
Re-operations	11	2.82
During initial stay	8	2.05
Upon re-admission	3	0.77
Re-admissions to hospital	12	3.08
Causality of adverse events^b
Not assessable	2	0.51
Unlikely	32	8.21
Possible	3	0.77
Probable	0	0
Certain	0	0

^aOther adverse events: Enteritis, persistent elevated inflammatory parameters, sepsis with MRSA, persistent diarrhoea, persistent numbness of the wound, intra-abdominal fluid collection, constipation, malfunction of monopolar device and injury of abdominal structure, clip fell of applicator
^bCausality of adverse events was judged by the surgeon according to the WHO-UMC Causality Categories (The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Collaborating Centre for international Drug Monitoring: the Uppsala Monitoring Centre (the UMC))

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