Thickness of subcutaneous fat is a risk factor for incisional surgical site infection in acute appendicitis surgery: a prospective study.

The study demonstrated that TSF, as evaluated by ultrasound, is a predictor in the development of incisional SSI in patients with acute appendicitis undergoing open appendectomy. These findings suggest that ultrasound is useful both for the evaluation of TSF and the prediction of incisional SSI risk factor in low-resource settings.