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The impact of diabetes and presurgical glycemic control on wound morbidity following open complex abdominal wall reconstruction: a single-center experience.

Nir MesserBenjamin T MillerLucas R A BeffaClayton C PetroDavid M KrpataSerrgio Mazzola Poli de FigueiredoAldo FafajLi-Ching HuangRyan C EllisSara M MaskalAjita S PrabhuMichael J Rosen
Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2024)
In general, diabetes is a marker for increased wound morbidity and complications following complex abdominal wall reconstruction. However, we could not establish a hard cutoff to justify withholding surgery in symptomatic patients based on an arbitrary HbA1C level. We believe this data is important for shared decision-making when considering AWR for symptomatic ventral hernias in diabetic patients.
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