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.

wound dehiscence, and hematoma, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in the Annals of Surgery. Seth Z. Aschen, M.D., from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and colleagues examined ...

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.