%0 Journal Article %A KHORASANI, B. %A GHOLIZADEH PASHA, A. %T REDUCED INCIDENCE OF EARLY COMPLICATIONS OF SURGICAL WOUNDS IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY %J Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran %V 20 %N 2 %U http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-360-en.html %R %D 2006 %K Wound Complications, Laparoscopic Surgery, Open Surgery, %X  ABSTRACT Background: The incidence of early wound related complications is assessed in laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgeries. Complications of surgical wounds (esp. wound infections) are considered as a major problem in surgery wards. Complications of surgical wounds are classified as early and late. Common and early complications are hematoma, seroma and wound infection. Methods: The medical records of 104 elective laparoscopic (A) and 106 diagnosis matched open surgeries (B) including appendectomy, cholecystectomy, ventral hernia repair, and bariatric surgery were prospectively reviewed. Study data included patients` sex, age, wound class, type of operation, and occurrence of early wound related complications. Surgical wounds were evaluated for presence of early complications during the post-op period and 10 to 15 days after the operation. Results: The two groups were not different regarding age, sex and wound classes. No patients in group A and 7 patients in group B developed wound infection (p %> http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-360-en.pdf %P 58-61 %& 58 %! %9 Original Research %L A-10-1-208 %+ University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences %G eng %@ 1016-1430 %[ 2006