For each of the cases, three controls were selected. Results Among the 1,879 patients undergoing intra-abdominal, 56 patients developed wound dehiscence and 168 patients included in the control group.

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 ...

"While wound dehiscence is a well-known complication, this case is important because evisceration through the abdominal surgical site after cystectomy is poorly described in the medical literature.

Among patients younger than 30 years of age, the overall incidence of wound dehiscence was 0.6%, compared with 0.7% for those between the ages of 31 to 40 and 0.8% for those between the ages of 41 ...

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 ...

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7 Further information 7.1 This guidance is a review of ‘Negative pressure wound therapy for the open abdomen’ NICE interventional procedure guidance 322 (2009). 7.2 For related NICE guidance see the ...

Prior studies have identified several risk factors associated with the development of abdominal wound dehiscence, such as: age (>65 years old), gender (male), smoking, obesity, chronic steroid ...