title: Wound infection in open versus laparoscopic appendectomy. A meta-analysis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospice Civils de Lyon.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meynaud-Kraemer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vergnon
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Barth
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D019049:Developed Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical