International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care · 1999 · 47 citations · 0 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesSurgeryGeneral SurgeryInfection PreventionPerioperative Infection PreventionAppendiceal SurgeryLaparoscopic SurgeryPostoperative Infection PreventionSurgical ComplicationsSurgical Site InfectionWound InfectionAcute Wound InfectionComplications Of AppendectomyFixed-effect EstimatorsLaparoscopic AppendectomyOpen AppendectomyPostoperative Surgical Site InfectionPostoperative Wound ComplicationsSurgical Site Infection Reduction
The authors performed a meta-analysis to determine whether open or laparoscopic appendectomy would reduce wound infection incidence in adult patients with acute appendicitis. The meta-analysis included nine of seven patients from eight randomized controlled trials. Data were analyzed using the fixed effect-model method of Mantel-Haenszel. Wound infection incidence was lower in the laparoscopic group.