A single-center study suggests the surgery is safe and effective even when tumors are large or located in high-risk areas.
Both scores could be used to distinguish patients with a high risk for abdominal wound dehiscence that had similar disease and type of surgery.
In conclusion, both the VAMC and Rotterdam score indices can be used to predict the development of abdominal wound dehiscence. The VAMC prognostic score had better calibration and discriminative ...