Prevalencia de abdomen agudo por síndrome adherencial en pacientes adultos que han sido intervenidos quirúrgicamente por el área de cirugía general del Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Los Ceibos durante el año 2019 hasta el 2021.

Abstract

Over the years, general surgeries have been developing effectively, however, one of the problems that hinder the successful recovery of patients is surgical site infections that can be caused by various factors that influence the appearance of these. . The present study seeks to describe the prevalence of acute abdomen due to adherence syndrome in adult patients who have undergone surgery by the General Surgery area of the Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos during the year 2019 to 2021. The type of research that was used is at a retrospective, observational and cross-sectional descriptive level. The results obtained were 55.9% corresponding to the female sex and 41.1% to the male sex, patients with an in situ infection, resulting in an acute abdomen that was surgically diagnosed as adhesion syndrome. The female age group with the highest incidence was found to be over 66 years old with 28.57%, while the male age group with the highest incidence was 56 to 65 years old with 22.99%.