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Table 5 Risk factors for recurrent BA

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

 

BA revision group (n = 94)

Recurrent BA group (n = 14)

p value

Sex: male /female (%)

65 /29

10 /4

0.863

Age (mean ± SD)

63.227 (± 14.487)

64.294 (± 16.403)

0.785

Surgery related factors

(absolute number/relative frequency)

   

Intestinal resection

41 (43.6)

3 (21.4)

0.115

Emergency

48 (51.1)

4 (28.6)

0.116

Comorbidities

(absolute number/relative frequency)

   

Hypertension

57 (60.6)

12 (85.7)

0.068

Peripheral artery disease

3 (3.2)

1 (7.1)

0.465

Congestive heart failure/coronary artery disease

21 (22.3)

6 (42.9)

0.098

Liver cirrhosis

19 (20.2)

2 (14.3)

0.601

Diabetes mellitus

18 (19.1)

5 (35.7)

0.158

Dementia

1 (1.1)

1 (7.1)

0.115

Past or present malignant disease

53 (56.4)

19 (71.4)

0.287

Past or present chemotherapy

23 (24.5)

4 (28.6)

0.741

Immunosuppressants

22 (23.4)

2 (14.3)

0.444

Chronic inflammatory disease

16 (17)

2 (14.3)

0.798

BMI in kg/m2 (median + IQR)

26.2 (6.9)

30.2 (11.3)

0.537

Postoperative complications

(absolute number/relative frequency)

   

Cardioembolic event

11 (11.7)

2 (14.3)

0.782

Pneumonia

9 (9.6)

1 (7.1)

0.770

Acute renal failure

41 (43.6)

8 (57.1)

0.343

Delirium

8 (8.5)

4 (28.6)

0.026*

Bleeding

10 (17.2)

2 (40)

0.233

Intraabdominal abscess

11 (11.7)

2 (14.3)

0.782

  1. All values are given as absolute numbers (relative frequency) or median (interquartile range)
  2. *Significance level was set at p < 0.05