DIAGNOSIS APPENDICITIS - ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS AND FINDINGS IN 1000 PATIENTS

Authors
BRAUN L
Citation
L. Braun, DIAGNOSIS APPENDICITIS - ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS AND FINDINGS IN 1000 PATIENTS, Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, 123, 1998, pp. 11-13
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044409X
Volume
123
Year of publication
1998
Supplement
4
Pages
11 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-409X(1998)123:<11:DA-AOD>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
From 1000 patients referred with diagnosis of appendicitis 483 were tr eated operatively, 517 conservatively. Laparotomy and histopathologic examination confirmed the correct indication for surgery in 95.2 % of patients with preoperatively expected perforation, in 72.0 % with the diagnosis of acute inflammation, and in 84.0 % when a chronic disease was anticipated preoperatively.