Wound dehiscence occurs when a surgical incision reopens either internally or externally. It’s also known simply as dehiscence. Although this complication can occur after any surgery, it tends ...

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 typically occurs a few days after surgery, when healing is still in the early stages. It can be either partial, where the wound pulls apart in small areas, or complete, where the ...

High blood sugar levels linked to increased wound complications after surgery Date: October 1, 2013 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Summary: A new study released shows ...

Surgery to areas around the head, face and neck can present challenges to clinicians even after the initial procedure is completed. In current oral and maxillofacial surgery, protecting the area ...

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

The risk of wound dehiscence among patients undergoing plastic surgery is low overall, and patients' risk did not increase based on older age, according to a literature review.Through a ...