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J Adv Med Biomed Res 2000, 8(32): 17-20 |
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Saadati K, Sarafi M. Determination Of Incidence Of Complications In Patients Operated For Acute Appendicitis In Shafieh Hospital From October1998 To October 2000. J Adv Med Biomed Res 2000; 8 (32) :17-20
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Acute appendicitis is one of the common causes of acute surgical admission and operative interventions in patients attending general surgical Emergency units.Generally, the result of operative management is quite satisfactory. As the Acute simple Appendicitis progresses to complicated appendicitis, the Morbidity and mortality increases accordingly with the imposition of heavy hospital expouses both for the patients and Health services systems Involved.In this descriptive study, the incidence of complication s patients admitted in shafien Hospital for acute appendicitis was determined from October 1375 to October 1377 of Iranian calendar.Total of 1090 patients files of the said duration were studied and the diagnoses were confirmed by pathology reports present in the files, of these, 53 files were deleted from the study as the diagnoses were not confirmable by pathology reports. All complications were extracted and documented by studying history physical examination and operative notes available in the files.In the remaining 1037 cases acute simple appendicitis was found In 712 (68.6%), gangrenous appendicitis in 87 (8.3%), perforated appendicitis with generalized peritonitis in 120 (11.5%), phegmouns appendicitis in 35 (33%), and appendicular abcess in 82 (8%) cases. Gangerwise incidence was 62% males and 38% females. No mortality detected and the commonest age group range involved was 15-25 years old.The Results obtained are comparable to existing texts and other related studies and no significant difference was observed in our study.
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Received: 2008/11/11 | Accepted: 2000/09/15 | Published: 2000/09/15
Received: 2008/11/11 | Accepted: 2000/09/15 | Published: 2000/09/15
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