Rate of surgical site infection after primary closure appendectomy wound of perforated appendicitis adult patient in Phra Na Khon Si Ayutthaya hospital

Abstract

This study is a Retrospective study aimed to study the incidence of wound infection after surgical wound closure and factors associated with infection after surgical wound closure among 100 adult patients of appendicitis rupture surgery in the Department of Surgery, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Hospital, during July 2016 - June 2019

The results showed that 57.00 percentage of the samples were male, 32.00 percentage were over 60 years old . The incidence of infection after open surgery appendectomy was 12.00 percentage. The incidence of infection in the immediately wound closure group was 10.71 percentage and later wound closure group was 13.64 percentage. Factor that was significantly associated with infection after surgical wound closure was the patient's condition (ASA classification) Class 3-4 (OR 9.11; 95%CI: 1.06-109.12)

Closing the wound immediately after open surgery appendectomy is an appropriate method to reduce the incidence of infection and recovery period.