Key result
Laparoscopic appendectomy significantly reduced the prevalence of surgical site infection compared to open appendectomy in patients with appendicitis (p<0.05).
Why the study?
The study was conducted to compare laparoscopic and open appendectomy in terms of surgical site infection.
Does laparoscopic appendectomy reduce surgical site infection compared to open appendectomy in patients with appendicitis?
Cohort (n=100)
No
Does laparoscopic appendectomy reduce surgical site infection compared to open appendectomy in patients with appendicitis?
p-value: p=<0.05
Laparoscopic appendectomy is associated with a significantly lower rate of surgical site infections compared to open appendectomy.
Laparoscopic appendectomy was associated with lower surgical site infection rates; leaves open whether findings extend beyond this retrospective cohort or should alter practice.
Objective: To compare the laparoscopic and open appendectomy in terms of surgical site infection. Study Design: Retrospective study Place and Duration of Study: Department of Surgery Unit-2, Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Hospital Sukkur from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2020. Methodology: One hundred patients who were further divided in two groups with 50 patients each were enrolled after clinical confirmation of appendicitis. Group A was operated through open surgery method while Group B was operated laparoscopically. The data regarding hospital stay, duration of surgery and surgical site infection through both techniques was compared and data analyzed. Results: The mean age of patients was 26.5±5.5 years males with a percentage of 76% where as only 24% of the study cases were females. Patients undergoing laparoscopy were having reduced prevalence of surgical site infection as 10% than who underwent open surgery. Among the 26.54% of reported co-morbidity cases as well, there were 65% those who has surgical site infection with open surgery protocol. Conclusion: Laparoscopic surgery technique is highly efficient in reducing surgical site infection in comparison to open surgery method.
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Mirani et al. (2022) conducted a cohort in Appendicitis (n=100). Laparoscopic appendectomy vs. Open appendectomy was evaluated on Surgical site infection (p=<0.05). Laparoscopic appendectomy significantly reduced the prevalence of surgical site infection compared to open appendectomy in patients with appendicitis (p<0.05).
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