Prospective Cost Analysis and Implications of Wound Complications in Lower Extremity Vascular Surgery Procedures

Wound complications (WCs), such as surgical site infection, wound dehiscence, hematoma, and seroma after surgery cause significant morbidity and require additional resources to treat. We sought to quantify the marginal cost of WCs in patients undergoing open lower extremity vascular procedures.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - August 22, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Louis L. Nguyen, Gregory A. Leya, Nathanael D. Hevelone, Neal R. Barshes, Mark C. Myers, Allen D. Hamdan, Michael Belkin, Charles K. Ozaki Tags: Abstracts from the 2014 New England Society for Vascular Surgery/Eastern Vascular Society Joint Annual Meeting Source Type: research