Incidence and risk factors of poor wound healing following emergency surgery for intestinal tuberculosis
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery·
- DOI
- 10.4240/wjgs.120625
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- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The findings describe a postoperative wound-healing burden and associated patient characteristics in an emergency intestinal-tuberculosis surgery cohort. They may provide contextual evidence for editorial assessment of surgical outcomes in this narrowly defined population, but they do not measure population-level disease activity or a surveillance trend.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The study assessed the frequency of adverse postoperative wound healing and examined factors associated with these outcomes after emergency surgery for intestinal tuberculosis.
Study design
This was a retrospective review of clinical data from 115 emergency-surgery cases treated between February 2018 and January 2024. Wound outcomes were assessed during the first 30 postoperative days, with logistic regression used to evaluate associated factors.
Population and setting
The study included 115 patients with intestinal tuberculosis who underwent emergency surgery. The supplied abstract does not identify the institution, geographic setting, or demographic distribution beyond the reported risk-factor categories.
Main findings
Poor wound healing occurred in 22 of 115 patients (19.1%); among these cases, surgical-site infection was the most frequently reported complication. In multivariable analysis, age of at least 60 years, body mass index below 18.5 kg/m2, diabetes history, albumin below 30 g/L, and C-reactive protein above 50 mg/L were reported as independent risk factors, with odds ratios ranging from 3.12 to 4.89.
Public-health relevance
The findings describe a postoperative wound-healing burden and associated patient characteristics in an emergency intestinal-tuberculosis surgery cohort. They may provide contextual evidence for editorial assessment of surgical outcomes in this narrowly defined population, but they do not measure population-level disease activity or a surveillance trend.
Important limitations
The retrospective, single-cohort design limits interpretation of associations, and the supplied abstract does not report details needed to assess representativeness, missing data, or potential residual confounding. This summary relies only on the supplied single-article abstract and metadata; the original paper is required for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
The article is discoverable under tuberculosis and treatment-related topic classification and provides context on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing emergency surgery for intestinal tuberculosis. It should not be interpreted as confirmation of, or linked to, a live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 5 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.