Healing Initial of Appendectomy Infection Wounds With Aggressive Washing Method

BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of mortality, despite medical advances it continues to be a major problem. OBJECTIVES: The main goal of this study was healing initial of appendectomy infection wounds with aggressive washing method. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study is a semi...

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Autores principales: Feizi, Iraj, Poorfarzan, Iraj, Shahbazzadegan, Bita, Amani, Firouz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24616786
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.6552
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of mortality, despite medical advances it continues to be a major problem. OBJECTIVES: The main goal of this study was healing initial of appendectomy infection wounds with aggressive washing method. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study is a semiexperimental investigation which was performed on 300 patients with perforated appendicitis and infected ulcers who were selected randomly during 2001-2005. Patients were investigated with aggressive washing and primary repair, and necessary data was collected and analyzed. RESULTS: From all patients, 284 were improved, and 16 cases were complicated, from them 10 patients in the first week, 4 patients in the second week, and 2 patients in the third week had ulcer infection. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that aggressive washing method is an effective technique in patients with perforated appendicitis and wound infection.

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