Acute Appendicitis – Incidence of Negative Appendicectomies.

Acute Appendicitis – Incidence of Negative Appendicectomies.

Authors

  • N Ahmad
  • K J Khan
  • S T A Shah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v8i1.1639

Keywords:

Pain right iliac fossa, acute appendicitis, apendicectomy.

Abstract

A prospective study was conducted on 100 consecutive patients who were diagnosed as acute appendicitis in West Surgical Ward, Mayo Hospital, Lahore in the year 2001. Fifty – six patients (56%) were between the age of 13 to 20 years. Male to female ratio was equal in the series. Appendicectomy was done in all patients. Reterocaecal position was found in 72% cases. The incidence of negative appendicectomies was 11% and all these patients were female. Postoperative complications observed were wound infection (5%), respiratory tract infection (4%), acid peptic disease (2%) and haemorrhage (1%). No mortality was found in the study.

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Published

08/26/2017

How to Cite

Ahmad, N., Khan, K. J., & Shah, S. T. A. (2017). Acute Appendicitis – Incidence of Negative Appendicectomies. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v8i1.1639

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