A 63-year-old diabetic, morbidly obese female patient is complaining of diffuse upper right quadrant pain that becomes more intense after eating. Sonography indicates a large number of stones in her gallbladder. The physician has scheduled her for an open cholecystectomy with common bile duct exploration. What surgical wound classification would be expected in this case?

How must the patient’s comorbidities be taken into account during closure?

How is her wound expected to heal?