Among the 1,879 patients undergoing intra-abdominal procedures during the study period 56 patients were included in the validation group; the patients developed wound dehiscence during the ...

Background The medical literature includes two risk scores predicting the occurrence of abdominal wound dehiscence. These risk indices were validated by the authors on the populations studied.

Mohs surgery complications risk is increased in patients who have smoked tobacco when compared with those who have never used any form of nicotine.