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6337356

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
A continuous 1-layer abdominal closure using number 2 polypropylene was employed in 200 unselected consecutive patients. All the patients had lower midline incisions and were high-risk, and the majority (82%) had some form of gynecologic malignancy. A significant number had received preoperative radiotherapy (22.5%), another 18% were obese (over 90 kg), and 15% had undergone bowel surgery. The complete evisceration rate in the series was 0. A total of 17 (8.5%) wound infections occurred and 10 (5%) postoperative ventral hernias were seen over a 2-year period. Five of these were incisional and 5 were paraincisional; 1 of each required surgical repair. The method is simple, time-saving, and successful; it carries a low complication rate for patients at high risk for postoperative evisceration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
248-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Abdominal wound closure using a nonabsorbable single-layer technique.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't