title: Delay in presentation accounts for the majority of inflamed appendices.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged