Wound dehiscence is a surgery complication where the incision, a cut made during a surgical procedure, reopens. It is sometimes called wound breakdown, wound disruption, or wound separation ...

Wound dehiscence occurs when a surgical incision reopens. Discover risk factors, tips to ensure proper healing, serious complications, and more.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Despite a higher risk of superficial wound dehiscence found among female patients and patients with higher BMI after total hip arthroplasty, results showed these patients had ...

Dehiscence From Body Lift Procedures: Collagen Dressing Can Prevent Rupture Of Wound Edges Collagen wound products have been proven more effective at closing wounds faster than gauze.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Removal of a single continuous suture after penetrating keratoplasty carries a risk of spontaneous wound dehiscence even at 2 years or more postoperatively, according to a ...

Purpose This study compares the frequencies of traumatic wound dehiscence following extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) and following phacoemulsification through a self-sealing corneoscleral ...