Table 3. Wound and Intra-Abdominal Infection in Patients Who Underwent a Laparoscopic Appendectomy According to Laparoscopic Grading System (n = 154) .
Surgical site infection | Laparoscopic grading system |
Total |
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Grade 3A | Grade 3B | Grade 4A | Grade 4B | Grade 5 | Event# | % | |
Wound | |||||||
Yes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.6 |
No | 50 | 12 | 43 | 25 | 120 | 150 | 97.4 |
Total | 50 | 14 | 43 | 26 | 212 | 154 | 100 |
Intra-abdominal | |||||||
Yes | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4.6 |
No | 48 | 14 | 40 | 26 | 19 | 147 | 95.4 |
Total | 50 | 14 | 43 | 26 | 21 | 154 | 100 |
#Event (surgical site infection by each grade).