title: Wound sepsis after cholecystectomy: effect of incidental appendicectomy.
abstract: The records of a consecutive series of 224 patients were analysed to discover the effect of incidental appendicectomy on the wound sepsis rate after cholecystectomy. One hundred and five patients had had a cholecystectomy alone and 119 cholecystectomy with incidental appendicectomy. The incidence of wound sepsis in patients not given adequate antibiotic prophylaxis was significantly lower (16-1%) when cholecystectomy alone was carried out than when the appendix was removed as well (41-1%).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents