Table 4 Conversion and postoperative infection rates among patients operated on with complicated appendicitis which the appendiceal stump was closured by metal endoclip (n = 118)
From: Appendiceal stump closure by metal endoclip in the management of complicated acute appendicitis
Parameter | Event# | %* |
|---|---|---|
Conversion rate | 1 | 0.85% |
Wound infection | 3 | 2.54% |
Intra-abdominal infection | 6 | 5.08% |
Postoperative complications | 0 | 0 |