Postoperative complications in patients with Behcet's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the proportion of postoperative complications of various surgeries in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) and compare the risk of surgical complications between BD patients and controls.

Methods

We analyzed 389 BD patients who underwent surgeries at Seoul National University Hospital between January 2003 and December 2019. Controls were 1:1 matched with BD patients based on age at surgery, sex, and type of surgery. Generalized estimating equation analyses were performed to compare the postoperative complications between BD patients and controls.

Results

Among 632 surgeries in BD patients, 36 (5.7%) surgical site complications, including wound dehiscence (38.9%), bleeding (13.9%), infections (8.3%), anastomotic dehiscence (22.2%), and stricture (5.6

SUBMITTER: Jung YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11582265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature