Drainage systems’ effect on surgical site infection in children with perforated appendicitis [Drenaj Sistemlerinin perfore apandisitli çocuklarda cerrahi alan enfeksiyonuna etkisi]

Abstract

Aim: Effect of replacing open drainage system to closed drainage system on surgical site infection (SSI) in children operated for perforated appendicitis was evaluated. Material and Method: Hospital files and computer records of perforated appendicitis cases operated in 2004-2010 were evaluated retro-spectively. Open drainage systems were used for 70 in cases (group I) and closed systems were used in the others (group II). Results: Eleven of SSI cases had superficial infection and 3 had the organ/space infection. SSI rate was 15.7% for group I and 7.5% for the group II. The antibiotic treatment length was 7.5 ± 3.4 days for group I and 6.4 ± 2.2 days for group II and the differ-ence between groups was not statistically significant. Hospitalization length for group I was 8.2 ± 3.1 days and 6.8 ± 1.9 days for group II and the differ-ence was statistically significant. Discussion: SSI is an important problem increasing morbidity and treatment costs through increasing hospitalization and antibiotic treatment length. Open drainage system used in operation in patients with perforated appendicitis leads an increased frequency of SSI when compared to the closed drainage system. Thus, closed drainage sys-tems should be preferred in when drainage is necessary in operations for perforated appendicitis in children. © 2016, Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine. All rights reserved.