Vacuum-Assisted Abdominal Closure Is Safe and Effective: A Cohort Study in 74 Consecutive Patients

Table 3

Results from the three-month follow-up clinical examination and the quality of life questionnaire. The results are given as number (%). For the SF-36, the results given are mean value and confidence interval (95% CI).

	Treatment successful	Treatment unsuccessful	value
Total	52 (88.1%)	7 (11.9%)
Ventral hernia	6 (11.5%)	4 (57.1%)	0.002
Large hernia needing repair/already repaired	2 (3.8%)	3 (42.6%)	0.002
SF-36 physical (95% CI)	41.75 (26–37)	31 (22–63)	0.0057
SF-36 mental (95% CI)	45.8 (21–69)	40.5 (21–70)	0.3193