Frequency of Wound Infection after Appendectomy

Introduction: One of the risk factors for wound infection techniques, how and when to close thewound after surgery. Various methods have been proposed for closure this study, we studied thewound infection after appendectomy in 2015.Methods: This study was a descriptive study in general surgery ward of Imam Reza Hospitalduring 2014-2015. The study population of 208 patients who were divided with a clinicaldiagnosis. The patients in four time of the third, seventh days, one and three months after surgerywere followed in the surgeon s office.Findings: In this study, 126 patients (60.7 %) were male and 81 patients (39.3%) were female.The overall average age was 10.53 ± 32.48 years. 4.9% of patient had infections and 95.1% hadnot infection.Conclusion: According to the results, the prevalence of wound infection after is not in high leveland it is recommended to keep lower using the precious sterilization and good antibiotic therapy.

Keywords:

Appendectomy , Infection , Wound , Appendix