Open AccessTO FIND THE INCIDENCE OF POST OPERATIVE WOUND INFECTION IN UNCOMPLICATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS CASES USING SINGLE DOSE PREOPERATIVE ANTIBIOTIC
Author(s) -
Vishal Prashar,
Shikha Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i2.926
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , wound infection , acute appendicitis , appendicitis , surgery , prospective cohort study , complication , appendix , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology , paleontology
Background: The current practice in our hospital after appendectomy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis is continuation of antibiotics post operatively for 3- 5 days. No study regarding the duration of antibiotic use after appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis has been done in this institution before.
Methods: This randomized control prospective study was conducted in IGMC SHIMLA from August 2017 to July 2018. Cases of uncomplicated acute appendicitis undergoing emergency open appendectomy were included in this study.
Results: Out of 50 patients in group A, 5 (10%) developed wound infection. Out of 50 patients in group B, 4 (8%) patients developed wound infection. Over all incidence of wound infection was 9%.
Conclusion: Frequency of post operative wound infection is generally very low in uncomplicated appendicitis and single dose pre operative antibiotics are effective in preventing post operative wound infection.
Keywords: Uncomplicated appendicitis, SSI, Wound.