Aspiration versus peritoneal lavage in appendicitis: a meta-analysis.
Gloria BuriniMaria Chiara CianciMarco CoccettaAlessandro SpizzirriSalomone Di SaverioRiccardo ColettaPaolo SapienzaAndrea MingoliRoberto CirocchiAntonino MorabitoPublished in: World journal of emergency surgery : WJES (2021)
This systematic review has failed to demonstrate the statistical superiority of employing intra-operative peritoneal irrigation and suction over suction-only to reduce the rate of post-operative complications after appendectomy, but all the articles report clinical superiority in terms of post-operative abscess, wound infection and operative times in suction-only group.