1.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 54(7): 915-7, 1996 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8676242
2.
Trop Doct
; 23(2): 82-4, 1993 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8488583
RESUMO
Acute appendicitis is believed to be one of the commonest causes of the acute abdomen in tropical Africa. Negative appendicectomy rates are usually above 20%, which is now considered unacceptably high because of increased risk to patients and the availability of diagnostic facilities to aid clinical decision-making. Our negative appendicectomy rate over a 4-year retrospective period was 29.7% in males, and 47% in females. These reduced to 11% and 10%, respectively, after the introduction of laparoscopy for doubtful cases of acute abdominal pain.