title: Results of urgent appendectomy for right lower quadrant tenderness.
abstract: The outcome was examined for 196 cases of urgent appendectomy in patients with abdominal pain and right lower quadrant tenderness and signs of peritoneal irritation. Appendicitis was found in 94 percent, and there was a 6 percent negative appendectomy rate. There were no complications among the patients with normal appendixes. Complications among cases of appendicitis compared favorably with other published series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Valley Medical Center, Fresno, California.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001831:Body Temperature; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous