title: [Current treatment status in juvenile appendicitis. A quality assessment].
abstract: The diagnosis of appendicitis in 1989 admitted patients with an age of 1 to 14 years was prospectively investigated. In 82.6% acute inflammatory changes were found. Rate of perforation was 9.9%. Between 2 and 5 years old patients 28.5% had a perforated appendix. In two cases a colon disease and in one case a malignant carcinoid was found. No death was registered after appendectomy.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgruppe, Leistungserfassung und Qualitätssicherung in der Chirurgie, Chirurgische Klinik Suhl.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gastinger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lippert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sroka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012086:Reoperation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Uber die aktuelle Behandlungssituation der kindlichen Appendizitis. Eine Qualitätsstudie.