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J. WILLIAM HINTON, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1936;33(2):197-209.

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Dehiscence or disruption of a wound occurs with sufficient frequency to warrant the presentation of a symposium on this subject before the New York Surgical Society in 1933. Papers were read by members of the staffs of five hospitals in New York, and Meleney and Howes¹ reported 55 cases from the Presbyterian Hospital in an eight year period, or an incidence of 1 per cent. They thought that the diagnosis had been frequently omitted from the records if there had not been a secondary closure and that 2 per cent would more nearly represent the incidence of this catastrophe. Colp² reported 29 cases in 2,750 laparotomies, or an incidence of 0.9 per cent, from the Mount Sinai Hospital. Grace³ reported 44 cases in a fifteen year period from the first surgical division of the Bellevue Hospital. White⁴ reported 30 cases from the Roosevelt Hospital. Heyd⁵ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Assistant Attending Surgeon, New York Post-Graduate Hospital; Associate Visiting Surgeon, Bellevue Hospital NEW YORK

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