Pattern of acute appendicitis in Nigerian children.
A review of 47 cases of acute appendicitis in children seen at the Ife University Teaching Hospital over a 7-year period (1980-86) is presented. Over this period the disease was responsible for 0.43% of all paediatric admissions and 18% of all paediatric abdominal emergencies. The clinical features were similar to those in other populations, but in this series there was a tendency towards late presentation with complications which caused significant post-operative morbidity. However, there was only one death.
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Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Fadiran
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014946:Wound Infection