Prevalence of organ-space surgical site infections after appendectomy for ruptured appendix in children

Prevalence of organ-space surgical site infections after appendectomy for ruptured appendix in children

Introduction: Appendicitis can be classified as non-perforated and perforated; based on such classification, the reported organ-space surgical site infection (OS-SSI) rate is 0.8% and 18%, respectively. Objective: To establish the prevalence of OS-SSI in patients with perforated appendicitis treated...

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Main Authors: Diana Alejandra Holguín-Sanabria, Miguel Ángel Perilla-López, Sergio Castañeda-Espinosa, Paula Jaimes-de La Hoz, Silvia Aragón, Juan Javier Valero, Iván Darío Molina, Fernando Fierro-Ávila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2019-10-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Subjects:
appendectomy
appendicitis
surgical site infection
abdominal abscess
Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/64434

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