Relación entre el índice de masa corporal (IMC) y la incidencia en complicaciones postoperatorias de apendicetomía en pacientes de 16 a 60 años de edad atendidos en el Hospital General IESS de Milagro en el año 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Appendectomy is the most common emergency surgical procedure worldwide, based on studies carried out, it is considered that the relationship of the body mass index (BMI) constitutes one of the risk factors for the development of postoperative complications of appendectomized patients in 49% of cases. Objective: To determine if there is an association between the body mass index (BMI) and the incidence of postoperative complications in patients aged 16 to 60 years treated for appendectomy at the IESS Milagro General Hospital in 2019. Methodology: Quantitative, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional, analytical. Results: The number of patients studied was 139 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of acute appendicitis and surgical treatment at the IESS Milagro General Hospital during 2019. The characteristics of our population consisted of a sex distribution of 38.8% of female patients and 61.2% male patients. Age presented a mean of 33.87 years with a standard deviation of 11.643 years. The body mass index of the patients presented an average of 29.597 with a standard deviation of 7.0723. Conclusions: A statistically significant difference was found between BMI and the presence of postoperative complications after appendectomy, with a directly proportional relationship between both variables.