Clinical Study
Panniculectomy Combined with Bariatric Surgery by Laparotomy: An Analysis of 325 Cases
Table 4
Postoperative complications for the 325 patients during the study period associated with panniculectomy.
| | Postoperative complications, (%) | 2007–2013
() | 2007–2010
() | 2010–2013
() |
| | Seroma | 59 (18.2) | 51 (31.1) | 8 (5.0) | | Dehiscence | 44 (13.5) | 31 (18.9) | 13 (8.1) | | Dysesthesia/anesthesia | 33 (10.2) | 17 (10.4) | 16 (9.9) | | Liponecrosis | 29 (8.9) | 19 (11.6) | 10 (6.2) | | Superficial edema
| 19 (5.8) | 13 (7.9) | 6 (3.7) | | Hemorrhage | 17 (5.2) | 12 (7.3) | 5 (3.1) | | Cardiorespiratory complications | 16 (4.9) | 11 (6.7) | 5 (3.1) | | Skin necrosis | 13 (4.0) | 10 (6.1) | 3 (1.9) | | Loss of the umbilicus | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) |
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