Effect of serum albumin in wound healing and its related complications in surgical patients
Journal Title: Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Surgery by itself will add a lot of stress to the patients. It is associated with a lot of morbidity, the problems related to the wound healing and its complications and mortality at times. There are battery of factors that can predict the problems related to the complications. It will be invaluable to have the predictors that can assess the complications before the operative procedures so that the deficit factors can be corrected in order to reduce the morbidity associated with the surgical procedures. This study is taken up to assess one of such important factors that is the effect serum albumin on the surgical out come. Aim: To study effect of protein (s.albumin) levels and the wound healing and related complications like wound infection, wound dehiscence and anastomotic leak. Materials & Methods: The study is conducted in the department of Surgery Shri. B.M. Patil Medical College. A total of 130 patients were studied over period of 2 years and were evaluated for serum albumin and the wound related complications. Results: Significant wound related complications were noted in hypoalbuminemic patients as compared to the patients with normal albumin levels. Conclusions: Serum albumin levels can be considered to be one of best predictors for the wound related complications.
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Vikram Sindgikar, Basavaraj Narasanagi, Tejasvini V, Anand Ragate, Faraz Ahmed Patel
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