Methods
Retrospective cohort study using the National Surgical Quality
Improvement Program, Pediatric (2012-2017) of patients <18
years of age undergoing appendectomy. The main exposure variable was
active treatment for an oncologic diagnosis. The primary outcomes of
interest were 30-day wound complications (superficial or deep infections
or dehiscence, and abscess). For univariate analysis comparison of
baseline differences between patients with/without a cancer diagnosis we
employed Pearson’s χ2 and two sample t-tests.
Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate which covariates
were independently associated with our outcome.