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. ‌ ...

For example, research published in 2020 compared barbed sutures with traditional counterparts in total knee arthroplasty, demonstrating comparable rates of infection and wound dehiscence ...

A total of 331,627 and 274,161 patients who ... underwent THA had a more than 2-fold greater risk of experiencing wound dehiscence than those without HS (odds ratio [OR], 2.55; P ...

Background The medical literature includes two risk scores predicting the occurrence of abdominal wound dehiscence. These risk indices were validated by the authors on the populations studied.

Surgeons usually perform this procedure as part of a total or radical ... when the edges of the wound split or rip. A vaginal cuff tear, also known as vaginal cuff dehiscence, is rare.

About 10 years ago, I decided to change my strategy in postoperative incision management for total ankle arthroplasty. I had noted my wound care therapists always incorporated the same strategy ...

“Wound care standardization means establishing a standard of care using evidence-based protocols and solutions to drive total value across the care continuum.” One analysis found that the main ...