Table 4.

Outcome of patients with VAWC versus VAWCM treatment

	All	VAWC	VAWCM	p value
N	96	27 (28%)	69 (72%)
Survival	60 (62%)	10 (37%)	50 (72%)	0.0012
Dead	36 (38%)	17 (63%)	19 (28%)
Age	69 (40–78)	70 (40–78)	55 (40–78)	0.2700
Male	66 (69%)	15 (55%)	51 (74%)	0.0810
Female	30 (31%)	12 (45%)	18 (26%)
Saps II	40 (14–82)	50 (19–82)	35 (14–77)	0.0002
Los in H	30 (1–105)	40 (1–105)	25 (1–105)	0.0063
Los in ICU	18 (1–70)	32 (1–70)	11 (1–70)	0.0520
Days on ventilator	15 (1–60)	21 (1–50)	7 (1–60)	0.0077
Fascial closure rate	41 (68%)	2 (5%)	39 (95%)	0.0003
Incisional hernia	19 (32%)	8 (42%)	11 (58%)