Infección en sitio quirúrgico de apendicectomía por medio de abordaje laparoscópico y abierto

Abstract

Abstract:Appendectomy is one of the surgical procedures that is frequently performed globally to treat acute appendicitis, the first cause of morbidity in Ecuador and in 12-13% of patients it triggers complications, among which is infection of the surgical site.Collect information on the infection rate of the surgical site of appendectomy using a laparoscopic and open approach in adult patients.A bibliographic review was carried out in PubMed, ClinicalKey, DOAJ and Scopus, the documents were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.Twenty studies were included for analysis, higher rates of SSI were reported by open approach in complicated cases (14.28 to 25.6%), uncomplicated (4.6 to 43.4%) and in patients obese (8.7%).Conclusions: Open appendectomy presents higher rates of infection of the surgical site, which is why the laparoscopic approach is considered a safe method.