General characteristics | N (%) |
---|---|
Age (years) (Mean ± SD) | 42 ± 10 |
Gender | |
Males | 81 (40.1) |
Females | 121 (59.9) |
Body mass index (Mean ± SD) | 34 ± 4 |
ASA | |
I | 140 (69.3) |
II | 41 (20.3) |
III | 21 (10.4) |
Diabetes mellitus | 44 (21.8) |
Hypertension | 41 (20.3) |
COPD | 20 (9.9) |
Smoking | 46 (22.8) |
Steroid intake | 10 (5.0) |
Family history of any previous hernia (weak mesenchyme) | 31(15.3) |
Time from index surgery(midline laparotomies) till primary abdominal wall dehiscence (days) (Mean ± SD) | 7 ± 3 |
Albumin level < 3.5 gm % | 46 (22.8) |
Site of primary abdominal wall dehiscence (AWD) | |
Infra umbilical | 38 (18.8) |
Supra umbilical | 57 (28.2) |
Umbilical | 107 (53.0) |
Previous operation resulting in primary AWD | |
Emergent | 146 (72.3) |
Elective | 56 (27.7) |
Surgical speciality where primary AWD occurred | |
General & GIT surgery | 151 (74.8) |
Gynecology | 36 (17.8) |
Vascular surgery | 15 (7.4) |
Possible etiology of burst | |
Fascial necrosis | 10 (5.0) |
Infection | 29 (14.4) |
Loose knot | 5 (2.5) |
Cut through sutures | 91 (45.0) |
Unknown | 67 (33.2) |