Table 6.
30-Day primary fascial closure
| Parameter | All patients group | TAC < 48 h group | TAC ≥ 48 h group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPWT | BVPT | p | NPWT | BVPT | p | NPWT | BVPT | p | |
| Patients (no.) | 178 | 102 | 67 | 45 | 111 | 57 | |||
| All patients | 78 % (139) | 68 % (69) | 0.06 | 93 % (62) | 89 % (40) | 0.74 | 69 % (77) | 51 % (29) | 0.03 |
| Injury | |||||||||
| Surgical | 75 % (39) | 53 % (16) | 0.05 | 79 % (11) | 80 % (8) | 1.00 | 74 % (28) | 40 % (8) | 0.02 |
| Trauma | |||||||||
| Blunt | 75 % (45) | 56 % (18) | 0.10 | 91 % (19) | 87 % (13) | 1.00 | 67 % (26) | 29 % (5) | 0.02 |
| Penetrating | 83 % (55) | 88 % (35) | 0.59 | 100 % (32) | 95 % (19) | 0.38 | 68 % (23) | 80 % (16) | 0.37 |
| Interval to PFC (days)a | 4 (3–11) | 5 (3–17) | 0.29 | 3 (2–3) | 3 (2–4) | 0.19 | 9 (4–18) | 12 (5–NC) | 0.12 |
Numbers in parentheses are the numbers of patients
NC not calculable
Median [IQR]. The median days were estimated using Kaplan–Meier curves and were compared using the log-rank test