Wound infection after abdominal incision with scalpel or diathermy

Abstract

Results The two groups had similar preoperative and operative characteristics (Table 1). The length of the incision and depth of subcutaneous fat were similar. There was no difference in the time taken to create the \\10und in each group (Table 1). There were 28 (11'6 per cent) inflamed wounds, ofwhich 16 (6.7 per cent) were infected. Inflammation and infection were equally frequent in the two groups, independently of wound