Among the 1,879 patients undergoing intra-abdominal procedures during the study period 56 patients were included in the validation group; the patients developed wound dehiscence during the ...

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Reduction seen in risk for readmission, wound dehiscence, and hematoma, but no significant differences seen in rates of infection, bleeding. (HealthDay News) — For patients with diabetes ...

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.