title: [A prospective multicenter study of appendicitis treatment].
abstract: Between 1.7. 1988-31. 12. 1989 in 18 surgical departments of the former GDR 6, 266 patients suffering from "appendicitis" were registered and qualitatively evaluated. The perforation rate was 8.3%. 30% of these patients had no typical diagnosis. Postoperative lethality was 0.32%.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgruppe Leistungserfassung und Qualitätssicherung, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gastinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eckhardt
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care
vernacular_title: Bericht über eine prospektive Multizenterstudie der Appendizitisbehandlung.