Results
We identified 28219 patients who had undergone appendectomy; 95 (0.3%)
were undergoing oncologic treatment at time of surgery. Patients in the
cancer group were more likely to be receiving steroids, have lower white
blood cell counts and have higher American Society of Anesthesiology
classes compared to the non-cancer patients. Age, gender, rates of
perforation and laparoscopy were similar between the two groups.
Patients with an active cancer diagnosis suffered wound complications
(measured individually and as an aggregate) at no higher odds than those
without a cancer diagnosis.