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<journal-id>2307-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía paraguaya]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. parag.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2307-0420</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Cirugía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2307-04202022000300023</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/sopaci.2022.diciembre.23</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Complicaciones de la apendicectomía video laparoscópica en el Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social en el periodo de enero a diciembre del año 2021]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Complications of video laparoscopic appendectomy at the Central Hospital of the Social Security Institute in the period from January to December 2021]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Noguera-Sotto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hartelsberger-Bobadilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fátima Rosalía]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Giménez-Isasi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mara Sofia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>23</fpage>
<lpage>25</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2307-04202022000300023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2307-04202022000300023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2307-04202022000300023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción : La apendicectomía videolaparoscópica es una opción segura para el diagnóstico etiológico y el tratamiento de la apendicitis aguda. El objetivo de la investigación es determinar la frecuencia de complicaciones de la apendicetomía videolaparoscópica en pacientes sometidos a cirugía en el Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social en el periodo de enero a diciembre del año 2021.  Materiales y métodos : Es un estudio observacional, descriptivo, retrospectivo, de corte transversal, no probabilístico de casos consecutivos. Se realizó revisiones de fichas operatorias de pacientes sometidos a apendicetomía videolaparoscópica, mayores a 16 años, incluyéndose ambos sexos, en el Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social de enero a diciembre del 2021.  Resultados:  Se estudiaron 62 pacientes, 54,8% de sexo femenino y 45.2% de sexo masculino, con una edad promedio de 34 años, un rango de 16 a 90 años. Se informó una tasa de 4,8% de complicaciones: infección del sitio quirúrgico (3,2%) y el hemoperitoneo (1,6%). El promedio de estancia hospitalaria fue 2,2 días.  Conclusión : La apendicetomía videolaparoscópica es una técnica quirúrgica de acceso mínimo que demostró una baja tasa de complicaciones: baja tasa de infección del sitio quirúrgico, y baja estancia hospitalaria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Videolaparoscopic appendectomy is a safe option for the etiological diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis. The objective of this study is to determine the rate of complications of videolaparoscopic appendectomy in patients treated with surgery at Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Socialin Asunción Paraguay from January through December 2021.  Materials and methods: This is an observational, descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional, non-probabilistic study of consecutive cases. Reviews of the procedural records from patients treated with videolaparoscopic appendectomy, individuals &gt; 16 years old-including both sexes-were conducted at the aforementioned center from January through December 2021.  Results: 62 patients were studied, 54.8% were women and 45.2% men, with a mean age of the study participants of 34 years (range,16 to 90 years). A 4.8% rate of complications was reported: surgical site infections (3.2%) and hemoperitoneum (1.6%). The mean length of stay (LoS) was 2.2 days.  Conclusion : Videolaparoscopic appendectomy is a minimally invasive surgical technique that has demonstrated low rates of complications and surgical site infections, and short lengths of staystay (LoS).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis aguda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[videolaparoscopía]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Acute appendicitis. Videolaparoscopy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Complications.]]></kwd>
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