Table 5.

Postoperative local complications

Complications	Routine				Emergency
	Opium addicts		Non-addicts		Opium addicts		Non-addicts
	N = 28	%	N = 25	%	N = 43	%	N = 25	%
Local complications	13*	46.4	2	8.0	21**	48.8	10	40.0
Stitch abscess	5	17.9	2	8.0	2	4.7	4	16.0
Wound dehiscence	7	25.0	0	0.0	13	30.2	5	20.0
Burst abdomen	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	4.7	1	4.0
Bile leak	3	10.7	0	0.0	2	4.7	0	0.0
Fistula formation	1	3.6	0	0.0	9	20.9	2	8.0

*p < 0.006, **p > 0.48