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Background: despite the modern life and people knowledge about certain diseases, the prevalence of cholecystectomy procedures have been increased in the recent years in Saudi Arabia
Objectives: prevalence of cholecystectomy is almost known in the modern countries. This study was done to know the prevalence cholecystectomy procedures in Saudi Arabia
Methods: a cross-sectional study on knowing the prevalence of cholecystectomy procedures in Saudi Arabia was distributed among men and women from January to February 2018 on 523 participants on many different social media platforms
Results: 6.5% of the participants had done cholecystectomy procedure. 32.4% of the participants who had the procedure suffered from post procedure complications. Regarding risk factors that may lead to cholecystectomy procedure, 45.5% of the participants had a positive family history of cholecystectomy, 44.5% of the participants were obese, 27.6% were smoker, 25.8% ate high fat diet, 17.5% suffered from chronic constipation, 12.6% suffered from chronic cough, 8.3% had major surgeries, 7.7% were diabetic, 5.2% had been admitted to ICU, 4.6% suffered from urinary retention, 2.1% had major trauma, 1.25% had been diagnosed with atherosclerosis disease and 37.7% were having no risk factors. 61.4% of the participants thought that cholecystectomy is the definite treatment of cholecystitis
Conclusion: at the end of this study, we found out that cholecystectomy procedure is increased among people in Saudi Arabia and multiple people are suffering from many risk factors that may lead to cholecystitis and then cholecystectomy procedure eventually
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Background: despite the modern life and the availability of knowledge, the prevalence of people who have had appendectomy procedures is increasing these days in Saudi Arabia in the previous years for multiple different risk factors. Knowing the prevalence of people who underwent appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia and comparing it with other countries could provide useful information about these risk factors and how to avoid them
Objectives: This study was done to collect information upon and investigate the prevalence people under went appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 864 participants from different social media platforms to investigate the prevalence of people who have had an appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia from February to April 2018
Results: 41.1% of the participants knew some information about appendicitis, 8.1% of the participants have had an appendectomy procedure, 33.3% of the participants who had an appendectomy procedure suffered from post-surgery complication, 29.7% of the participants suffered from gastrointestinal diseases. Recently, 41.4% of the participants do not eat food rich in fibers and 37.7% of the participants have a positive family history of appendectomy
Conclusion: At the end of this study, there were an increased number of people who have had an appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia