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 ...

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 ...

In providing advice to new orthopedic surgeons, Derek F. Amanatullah, MD, PhD, believes they should consider balancing efficiency with patient outcomes when choosing wound closure methods ...

According to published results, use of perioperative IV dexamethasone was not associated with increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection or wound healing complications after total shoulder ...

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 ...

Results Twenty-one cases of traumatic wound dehiscence were identified following 5600 ECCEs (0.4%). In 4200 phacoemulsification procedures only one case of traumatic wound dehiscence was ...