Effect of Peri-operative Supplemental Oxygen in Wound Infection After Appendectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study evaluates the role of supplemental hyper-oxygenation given perioperatively on wound site infection after appendectomy. Half of the patients received ≥50% oxygen and half of them received no oxygen during the surgical procedure.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lady Hardinge Medical College

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Clinical diagnosis or Radiological diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

2. Appendectomy through the Mc Burney incision.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.

2. Immunodeficiency disease.

3. Patients requiring midline incision.

4. Patients requiring general anaesthesia after failure of spinal anaesthesia.

5. Patients requiring higher oxygen in perioperative period.