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Table 6 Treatment costs based on treatment time and procedures

From: Delayed primary closure of contaminated abdominal wall defects with non-crosslinked porcine acellular dermal matrix compared with conventional staged repair: a retrospective study

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Group 1

Group 2

Median time to abdominal wall repair

20 days (range 0ā€“58 days)

352 days (range 30ā€“3100 days)

Mean costs for initial hospital admission

ā‚¬21,542 (range 2871ā€“63,603)

ā‚¬20,089 (range 2300ā€“60,962)

Mean costs of porcine acellular dermal matrix Group 1 or synthetic mesh Group 2

ā‚¬2353 (range 1760ā€“8000)

ā‚¬450 (range 180ā€“720)

Mean costs of staged hernia repair (with second hospital stay)

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ā‚¬3180 (range 2300ā€“7427)

Mean in-hospital days on readmission for hernia repair

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6.9 (range 3ā€“10)