My husband had an open appendectomy in May of 2012.  His incision was ultimately reopened approximately 2 weeks after due to an infection right in the surgeons office.  The opened wound measured 10 cm X 5 cm.  Are wounds that large typically reopened in the surgeons office like that?  We were completely surprised that he wasnt readmitted to the hospital and the wound opened and cleaned out in an operating suite, he just did it in the office without sedation or any sort of pain killer.  His wound was left open for a few weeks and then he was put on a wound vac.  The wound closed and the surgeon had to reopen it due to the fact that he now had a MRSA infection that developed in it.  The wound did not close until October, so it took a total of 5 months to heal.  He was prescribed an antibiotic 8 times from when he was discharged from the hospital until the wound closed.  Is this a standard of care for this type of incision?
Hi ! It is not surprising to see a post appendectomy wound getting infected. Any infected wound is left open to heal by secondary intention after gradual cleaning of the floor of the wound with regular Chat Doctor.  During this long course of healing, the patient is not necessarily admitted in the hospital unless there is any particular indication for admission which has to be decided by the treating doctor. Usually these wounds contain a lot of sloughs which is not much painful, and in that case no sedation is required. Hope I have answered your quarry.