Is there still a place for interval appendectomy?
(1993) In Digestive Surgery 10(6). p.285-288- Abstract
In order to find out whether an interval appendectomy is necessary after an appendicitis with a palpable mass, we retrospectively studied the reports of 50 patients who underwent an interval appendectomy. Out of the 50 patients 5 (10%) developed complications of the appendiceal mass. Intraoperative findings of the interval appendectomy: 32 (64%) had adhesions; 2 (4%) appendices were resorbed; 2 (4%) had an abscess 42 (84%) still had signs of inflammation. Seven (12%) patients had diseases other than appendicitis. Four patients (8%) had diseases which needed further treatment. Eight percent of the patients had perioperative complications. We conclude that an interval appendectomy should only be performed on special indications.
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- author
- Verwaal, V. J. LU ; Wobbes, T. ; Goris, R. J.A. and Cohen, I.
- publishing date
- 1993
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- appendiceal mass, appendicitis, interval appendectomy, operative complications
- in
- Digestive Surgery
- volume
- 10
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 285 - 288
- publisher
- Karger
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0027750344
- ISSN
- 0253-4886
- DOI
- 10.1159/000172196
- language
- English
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