The authors performed a meta-analysis to determine whether open or
laparoscopic appendectomy would reduce wound infection incidence in adult
patients with acute appendicitis. The meta-analysis included nine of seven
patients from eight randomized controlled trials. Data were analyzed using the
fixed effect-model method of Mantel-Haenszel. Wound infection incidence was
lower in the laparoscopic group.
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