Acute appendicitis - incidence of perforated appendicitis
Annals of King Edward Medical College. 2004; 10 (4): 356-358
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ABSTRACT
The prospective study was carried out in West Surgical Ward, Mayo Hospital, Lahore during the year 2003 consisting of 200 patients. There was slight preponderance of males 102[51%] to females 98[49%]. Age ranged from 13-75 years with the mean of 28.2 years. Appendicectomy was done in all patients by making gridiron incision in 165[82.5%], muscle cutting in 15[7.5%], Lanz`s incision in 16[8%] and right Para-median in 4[2%] patients. Regarding position of the appendix, retroceacal was the most common, found in 160[80%] and pelvic position in 31[15.5%] patients. Perforated appendix was delivered in 10[5%] patients with male to female ratio 41. Postoperative complications observed in the series were wound infection in 11[5.5%], prolonged ileus in 2[1%] and gastritis in 2[1%] patients. All the complications were managed according to their own protocol. No mortality was recorded in the series
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IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de incidência
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Ann. King Edward Med. Coll.
Ano de publicação:
2004
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