Variable Recurrence p value
No
n=45 (56.3%)
Yes
 n= 35(43.7%)
Age 61.2 ± 12.5 61.6 ± 12.9 0.9
Gender     Male     14 (43.8%)    18 (56.2%) ?
Female 19 (39.6%) 29 (60.4%)
Body mass index 27.5 ± 6.3    27.9 ± 5.4 0.8
ASA class 2.0 ± 0.9 2.3 ±  0.8 0.14
Comorbidity Hypertension 13 (43.3%) 17 (56.7%) 0.01*
Diabetes 5 (33.3%) 10 (66.6%) 0.04*
Renal 1 (25.0%) 3 (75.0%)  0.14
Pulmonary 14 (63.6%) 8 (36.4%) 0.8
Cardiac 13 (54.2%) 11 (45.8%) 0.4
Any comorbidity 25 (51.0%) 24 (49.0%) 0.017
Fascial Defect (mean area  cm2) 94.5 ± 82.1 155.5 ± 124.9 0.02*
Perioperative steroid use 12 (48.0%) 13 (52.0%) 0.15
Smoking history 14 (66.7%) 7 (33.3%) 0.5
Infection 4 (33.3%) 8(66.7%) 0.02*
Re-admission 3 (30%) 7 (70%) 0.4
Emergency operation 18 (40%) 23 (83.3%) 0.8
*indicates significant difference
Table 1: Patient Characteristics.