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STUDY OF PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF ABDOMINAL WOUND DEHISCENCE AFTER MIDLINE LAPAROTOMY
Taha Sino Ali*, Aktham Kanjarawy and Ali Alloush
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Background: Abdominal Wound dehiscence (WD) following laparotomy is a surgical emergency with high morbidity and mortality. Objective: the present study aims to determine the incidence and important risk factors for WD after laparotomy. Materials and Methods: This is analytical study conducted in the Department of General surgery in Tishreen University Hospital –Lattakia- Syria from November 2019 to November 2020. Patients aged 18 to 85 years who underwent to laparotomy were included in the study. Results: 88 patients were included in the study. The median age was 66 years, 57(64.8%) were male, abdominal WD was developed in 22 patients (25%). Abdominal WD was more frequently in patients using corticosteroid, with a history of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and in the presence of wound infection (P
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