ArticleDigestive surgery2017
Retrospective Multicenter Study on Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections after Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis.
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- Global incidence of surgical site infection after appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
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- Linking Antimicrobial Agent Resistance Profiles to Clinical Outcomes in Pediatric Perforated Appendicitis.Surgical infections · 2026Article
- Photodynamic therapy with methylene blue effectively kills antibiotic resistant bacteria from pediatric patients with perforated appendicitis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Subcutaneous fat thickness as a risk factor for surgical site infection following open appendectomy.International journal of surgery open · 2025Article
- Postoperative Infections After Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis: The Surgeon's Checklist.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Post appendectomy complications and associated factors among children in Amhara region, ethiopia: Multi-center retrospective follow up study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
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- Surgical site infection following appendectomy in children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Wound management, healing, and early prosthetic rehabilitation: Part 3 - A scoping review of chemical biomarkers.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2025Review
- Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections after Paediatric Appendectomies in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Coastal Karnataka.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Construction of a clinical prediction model for complicated appendicitis based on machine learning techniques.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Wound management, healing, and early prosthetic rehabilitation: Part 1 - A scoping review of healing and non-healing definitions.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2024Review
- Wound management, healing, and early prosthetic rehabilitation: Part 2 - A scoping review of physical biomarkers.Canadian prosthetics & orthotics journal · 2024Review
- [The importance of microbiological results for the treatment of complicated appendicitis-a monocentric case-control study].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Multicenter cohort study on the presentation and treatment of acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of colorectal disease · 2022Article
- Postoperative Antibiotics and Time to Reach Discharge Criteria after Appendectomy for Complex Appendicitis.Digestive surgery · 2022Article
- Development and validation of risk prediction score for incisional surgical site infection after appendectomy.Updates in surgery · 2021Article
- Surgical Site Infection Post-appendectomy in a Tertiary Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSurgical site infections (SSI) are seen in up to 5% of patients after appendectomy for acute appendicitis. SSI are associated with prolonged hospital stay and increased costs. The aim of this multicenter study was to identify factors associated with SSI after appendectomy for acute appendicitis.
methodsPatients who underwent appendectomy for acute appendicitis between June 2014 and January 2015 in 6 teaching hospitals in the southwest of the Netherlands were included. Patient, diagnostic, intra-operative and disease-related factors were collected from the patients' charts. Primary outcome was surgical site infection. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify independent risk factors for SSI.
resultsSome 637 patients were included. Forty-two patients developed a SSI. In univariable analysis body temperature >38°C, CRP>65 and complex appendicitis were associated with SSI. After multivariable logistic regression with stepwise backwards elimination, complex appendicitis was significantly associated with SSI (OR 4.09; 95% CI 2.04-8.20). Appendiceal stump closure with a stapler device was inversely correlated with SSI (OR 0.40; 95% CI 0.24-0.97) Conclusions: Complex appendicitis is a risk factor for SSI and warrants close monitoring postoperatively. The use of a stapler device for appendiceal stump closure is associated with a reduced risk of SSI.
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