Complicated appendicitis and considerations for interval appendectomy. Issue 9 (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perez, Kelly Sue; Allen, Steven R.
• Is Part Of: JAAPA. Volume 31:Issue 9(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: complicated appendicitis -- interval appendectomy -- emergency surgery -- Alvarado score -- phlegmon -- colonoscopy; Medicine -- Periodicals; Physicians' assistants -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Physician Assistants -- Periodicals; Medicine; Physicians' assistants; Periodicals; 610.7372069
• DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000544304.30954.40
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0893-7400

Abstract

Abstract : ABSTRACT: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies. Of the 300, 000 appendectomies performed each year, 25% are due to complicated appendicitis. This article reviews the incidence and pathophysiology of acute appendicitis, the nonoperative management of complicated appendicitis, and the rationales for and against interval appendectomy.