Appendectomy Hospital Stay: No Difference in Obese Adult or Pediatric Patient Length of Stay Compared to Nonobese Patients.

Studies of adult and pediatric patients undergoing appendectomy have reported variable outcomes and operative metrics related to the effect of obesity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of obesity in adult and pediatric patients undergoing appendectomy at our institution. This single-center retrospective study evaluated the relationship between length of hospital stay for appendectomy and body mass index (BMI).

Comparing Surgical Site Infection for Open and Endoscopic Component Separation.

In March 2016, we reported the SSI rate at LSU Health for all abdominal wall hernia repairs performed between 2011 and 2013. Among the 263 repairs, the infection rate averaged 6.8 per cent.

Prophylactic Antibiotics for Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

Surgical site infections with elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy are less frequent and less severe, leading some to suggest that prophylactic antibiotics (PA) are no longer indicated. We compared the incidence of surgical site infections before and after an institutional practice change of withholding PA for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Between May 7, 2013, and March 11, 2015, no PA were given to patients selected for elective cholecystectomy by two surgeons at a single center.