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.

Table 2. VAMC score variables and characteristics of the validation population Variables of the VAMC score Abdominal wound dehiscence [n = 56] No abdominal wound dehiscence [n = 168] P value ...

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The researchers found that the active GLP-1 RA prescription group had a significantly lower risk for 30-day readmission and 180-day postoperative wound dehiscence and postoperative hematoma after ...

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Patient was managed with wound dressings two times per day. The post-operative course was complicated by wound dehiscence at the thoracotomy site on day 14 of surgery. The wound was managed with daily ...