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Table 3 Post-operative course and complications

From: Interrupted sutures prevent recurrent abdominal fascial dehiscence: a comparative retrospective single center cohort analysis of risk factors of burst abdomen and its recurrence as well as surgical repair techniques

 

All patients (n = 504)

Burst abdomen

(n = 111)

SSI other than burst abdomen (n = 393)

p value

ICU stay (%)

75.4

83.8

73

0.022*

Length of ICU stay in days

3 (IQR 70)

4.00 (IQR 9)

3.00 (IQR 5)

0.131

Total length of stay in days

28 (IQR 20)

32.50 (IQR 18)

26.00 (IQR 22)

 < 0.001*

Postoperative complications (%)

    

Cardioembolic

8.7

13.5

7.4

0.043*

Pneumonia

7.5

9.0

7.1

0.507

Delirium

5.8

10.8

4.3

0.010*

Bleeding

6.2

11.7

4.6

0.058

Acute renal failure

35.5

45.9

32.6

0.010*

Death

4.8

9.9

3.3

0.004*

Albumin at time of SSI

27.39 (± 5.96)

28.01 (± 5.97)

25.30 (± 5.46)

0.002*

  1. All values are given as percentage or mean (± standard deviation)
  2. *Significance level was set at p < 0.05
  3. V.A.C. vacuum assisted closure