Background: Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of mortality, despite medical advances it continues to be a major problem.
Objectives: The main goal of this study was healing initial of appendectomy infection wounds with aggressive washing method.
Patients and methods: This study is a semiexperimental investigation which was performed on 300 patients with perforated appendicitis and infected ulcers who were selected randomly during 2001-2005. Patients were investigated with aggressive washing and primary repair, and necessary data was collected and analyzed.
Results: From all patients, 284 were improved, and 16 cases were complicated, from them 10 patients in the first week, 4 patients in the second week, and 2 patients in the third week had ulcer infection.
Conclusions: The results showed that aggressive washing method is an effective technique in patients with perforated appendicitis and wound infection.
Keywords: Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Wound Infection.