Hasselmann et al reported a classification scheme for an incisional complication after surgery. The authors are from Skane University Hospital and Lund University Hospital in Sweden.
Patient selection: surgical incision.
Incision Complication
Grade
none (uneventful healing)
0
minor incision problems treated as an outpatient
1
results in prolonged hospital stay (>= 2 times the median duration of hospitalization for a comparable surgery)
2
readmission with nonoperative management (negative-pressure wound therapy, other)
3
readmission with revision of the surgical site
4
severe complication (ICU stay required, major amputation, other)
5
death due to incision complication
6
The grade correlated with the ASEPSIS score.
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