a chart survey of all appendectomies ( 342 for acute appendicitis and 146 as incidental procedures ) performed on the trauma service of grady memorial hospital over a 40 month period appeared to indicate that the wound infection rate ( 6.8 percent ) was the same as that for acute simple or suppurative appendicitis ( 6.7 percent ) , whereas the intraabdominal sepsis rate ( 17.5 percent ) paralleled that for more advanced gangrenous or perforative appendicitis ( 18.6 percent ) .
C0003611
appendectomies
C0230168
intraabdominal