Why the study?
Does delayed primary wound closure prevent postoperative wound sepsis in high-risk patients undergoing appendicectomy?
Does delayed primary wound closure prevent postoperative wound sepsis in high-risk patients undergoing appendicectomy?
Delayed primary wound closure may be highly effective in preventing wound sepsis in high-risk patients undergoing appendicectomy.
May support delayed primary closure to avoid wound sepsis after appendicectomy; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
In a personal series of 100 consecutive appendicectomies, not a single case of postoperative wound sepsis occurred. It is believed that the use of delayed primary wound closure in those patients (22%) in whom the risk of such infection was high was the main reason for this result. The technique of delayed primary wound closure is described.
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