Secondary endpoints
SECONDARY
The secondary endpoints are presented in Table Evaluation of hernia/ burst abdomen and follow-up data (3 months and 1 year)Data are presented as means (with standard deviations) or numbers of patients (with percentages), The safety analysis in the as-treated population yielded similar rates of patients with at least 1 SAE for the 2 groups (C: Secondary endpointsData are means (with standard deviations) or numbers of patients (with percentages), Quality of life (QoL) was evaluated 30 days and 12 months after emergency laparotomy using the SF36. Patients reported deterioration in QoL at 30 days after surgery and an improvement was seen at 12 months postoperatively although more than 17% of the patients reported much lower QoL compared to preoperative levels. All other secondary endpoints showed no significant change (Additional file 