Complete abdominal wound dehiscence incidence

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on 690 patients with abdominal surgery excluding hernia operations, appendicectomy and minor procedures. This was carried out in Assiut University Hospital, Department of General Surgery in the period from April 1994 to April 1996. Twenty-two risk factors were checked for each patient [personal, general and local] to look for the significant factors and the relation between wound disruption and the total number of factors. It was found that with six factors or more disruptions is inevitable and when the number of factors reached eleven death is expected. These risk factors were arranged in the order of their significance in relation to disruption and death