Similarly, a Chinese RCT from 2024 with 120 adults found that ERAS implementation accelerated bowel function recovery, decreased hospitalization time and costs, and reduced pain, all without affecting postoperative complication rates—including SSI [ 35 ] A comprehensive 2024 meta-analysis of ERAS across gastrointestinal surgeries, including appendectomy subsets, revealed a trend toward lower SSI (OR 0.80; 95% CI 0.39–1.64), although this did not reach statistical significance.
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Postoperative Infections After Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis: The Surgeon's Checklist.
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