title: Acute appendicitis in Ethiopia.
abstract: Over a five year period, appendectomy comprised 17.32% of emergency abdominal operations at Gondar College of Medical Hospital, Ethiopia. The mortality rate was 4.5% and the annual incidence was uniform (nineteen to twenty two cases per year) during the study period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kotisso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Messele
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies