Abdominal wall complications following renal transplantation in adult recipients – factors associated with interventional management in one unit

Table 2 Interventions required in patients with wound complications following kidney transplantation

		Number of patients (n = 64)
Operative intervention	Washout and debridement	7
	Repair of fascia – primary repair	4
	Repair of fascia – primary repair reinforced with synthetic mesh	2
	Total	13 (20.3%)
NPWT	Applied on ward^a	11 (17.2%)
Other	Drainage of superficial collection – radiological guidance	9
	Drainage of superficial collection – at bedside	6
	Total	15 (23.4%)
No intervention		25 (39.1%)

^a6 additional NPWT systems were placed at the time of operative intervention to give a total of 17 patients (26.6%)
Bold typeface was used to distinguish significant (p<0.05) results

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