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 ...

Four young male patients with keratoconus had traumatic dehiscence of the surgical wound after penetrating keratoplasty. Two were rendered aphakic by the trauma, and in one patient the lens was ...

Discover a review in which diabetes was investigated in 5 studies, with only one demonstrating a correlation between the condition and higher hospital readmission rates.

As an example, a patient has a serious wound that is infected and is not getting better with antibiotics and wound care. The wound is getting larger, the patient is getting sicker, and without better ...

MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with diabetes undergoing a surgical procedure, an active perioperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescription is ...

snu.ac.kr Thinning or dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal may occur on the middle cranial fossa floor or adjacent to the superior petrosal sinus (SPS). However, no symptomatic cases of ...

A single-center study suggests the surgery is safe and effective even when tumors are large or located in high-risk areas.

For patients with diabetes undergoing a surgical procedure, an active perioperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescription is associated with reductions in risk-adjusted ...

Almost all workers are being pulled out of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Trump administration has said. The move all but ends a six-decade mission to shore up American ...

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 ...