Abstract Wound healing has been investigated in 373 patients undergoing surgery for obstructive jaundice and 760 anicteric patients undergoing cholecystectomy. Reduced wound healing manifested by a higher frequency of wound dehiscence (3.2 per cent vs. 0.5 per cent) and incisional hernia (10.3 per c
Abdominal wound healing in jaundiced patients
โ Scribed by T. T. Irvin; J. S. Vassilakis; D. K. Chattopadhyay; M. G. Greaney
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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## Obstructive jaundice and wound healing Wound healing was studied in 95 jaundiced patients and 123 anicteric patients using skin prolylhydroxylase activity as an index of collagen synthesis. The mean (s.d.) value of skin prolylhydroxylase activity in jaundiced patients was significantly lower th
## Summary The effect of obstructive jaundice on wound healing has been investigated in an experimental study of abdominal wounds in rats following ligation and division of the common bile duct. Animals were jaundiced for 2 weeks before a second operation at which the abdominal wounds were made. Th