Anaemia and wound healing. A clinical observation in 38 patients.
In a six year period, 38 patients who had an average packed cell volume of 17.9% (range 14-25%) were treated surgically and their anaemia was corrected with oral haematinics post-operatively. Twenty one of the patients had emergency while 17 had elective surgical procedures under spinal (N = 30), ketamine hydrochloride (N = 6) and local infiltrating (N = 2) anaesthesia. All the wounds healed by primary intention and no wound complication was observed after a mean follow-up period of three years. Headache following spinal anaesthesia occurred in 6 patients and was the only significant post-operative complication detected. We conclude that severe anaemia alone does not retard wound healing in man.
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International Medical Center, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
D006397:Hematinics