| Variable |
Incidence
(%) |
Wound Complication, %
P-Value* |
Recurrence, %
p-Value* |
| All Repairs w/ CST |
|
46.0 |
|
20.6 |
|
| Age ≤ 50 y |
51.7 |
59.6 |
0.069 |
23.8 |
0.659 |
| vs. age > 50 y |
48.3 |
40.4 |
|
19.3 |
|
| Female |
56.8 |
52.2 |
0.463 |
22.4 |
1.000 |
| vs. male |
43.2 |
45.1 |
|
20.8 |
|
| Diabetes |
23.7 |
57.1 |
0.390 |
16.7 |
0.610 |
| vs. none |
76.3 |
46.7 |
|
23.3 |
|
| Hypertension |
57.6 |
55.9 |
0.097 |
25.7 |
0.263 |
| vs. not |
42.4 |
40.0 |
|
16.0 |
|
| Pulmonary Compromise |
19.5 |
56.5 |
0.490 |
30.4 |
0.269 |
| vs. not |
80.5 |
47.4 |
|
19.6 |
|
| Active smokers |
38.1 |
51.1 |
0.850 |
27.1 |
0.264 |
| vs. non-smokers |
61.9 |
47.9 |
|
18.1 |
|
| BMI Group |
|
|
0.025 |
|
0.207 |
| ≤ 25 kg/m2 |
13.6 |
31.3 |
|
7.1 |
|
| 25.1-30.0 kg/m2 |
18.6 |
31.8 |
|
12.5 |
|
| 30.1-40.0 kg/m2 |
43.2 |
51.0 |
|
28.8 |
|
| > 40.0 kg/m2 |
24.6 |
69.0 |
|
23.3 |
|
| Concomitant Procedure |
|
|
0.219 |
|
0.972 |
| None |
63.6 |
48.0 |
|
21.5 |
|
| Panniculectomy |
12.7 |
33.3 |
|
20.0 |
|
| Gastrointestinal |
23.7 |
60.7 |
|
23.1 |
|
| No. of Previous Repairs |
|
|
0.123 |
|
0.589 |
| None |
50.5 |
39.6 |
|
17.3 |
|
| 1 |
25.7 |
51.9 |
|
26.7 |
|
| 2+ |
23.8 |
64.0 |
|
23.1 |
|
| Incarcerated/Strangulated |
44.1 |
53.8 |
0.458 |
25.0 |
0.506 |
| vs. reducible |
55.9 |
45.5 |
|
18.8 |
|
| Mesh Type |
|
|
0.524 |
|
0.481 |
| None |
46.6 |
54.5 |
|
25.5 |
|
| Biologic Mesh |
44.9 |
45.3 |
|
16.7 |
|
| Synthetic Mesh |
8.5 |
40.0 |
|
27.3 |
|
| Wound Class |
|
|
0.080 |
|
0.599 |
| Clean |
63.8 |
40.5 |
|
24.0 |
|
| Clean/Contaminated |
10.3 |
66.7 |
|
10.0 |
|
| Contaminated |
25.9 |
60.0 |
|
21.2 |
|
*P-value is from Fisher’s Exact test for binary variables and chi-square test for
categorical variables. [CST=Component Separation Technique; BMI=Body Mass
Index] |