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Table 4 Outcome of treatment for the patients with secondary peritonitis at BMC

From: Etiology, treatment outcome and prognostic factors among patients with secondary peritonitis at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Parameter

Number (%) or median (IQR)

Complications

Yes

35 (36.08)

No

62 (63.92)

Type of complication

Surgical site infection

18 (18.55)

Wound dehiscence

11 (11.34)

Septicemia

6 (6.19)

Survival

Yes

82 (84.54)

No

15 (15.46)

Length of hospital stay (days)

7 (5–11)