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Aim
To identify risk factors associated with surgical site infections in paediatric patients subjected to appendectomy.
Methods and Materials
We carried out an age‐matched case‐control study (1:3) using data from 2014–2019. Subjects were aged 1–17 and had been subjected to appendectomy. Cases were defined as patients who presented signs of infection in the surgical site within 30 days after the...