title: The risk of wound infection after inguinal incision in pediatric outpatient surgery.
abstract: To study the risk of wound infection in pediatric outpatients, two series of children operated on with an inguinal incision during a 5.2 year period in the same department, either in day-surgery or in standard hospitalization, are compared. It appears that the frequency of inguinal wound infection is lower for outpatients (1%; 18/1816) than for inpatients (4%; 17/427). This difference is due, on the one hand, to the way day-surgery hospitalization functions and, on the other hand, to the difference of population produced by the criteria for selection for admission in the Day-Surgery Unit.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale Infantile, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Audry
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johanet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Achrafi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lupold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gruner
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000601:surgery*