[Debatable questions regarding acute simple appendicitis and ways of reducing incidence of groundless appendectomies].
An analysis of the diagnosis and operative treatment of 1246 patients with acute appendicitis was used by the authors for considering the causes of groundless appendectomies. The possibilities to reduce the amount of diagnostic errors and improve the surgical strategy for acute simple appendicitis are discussed.
Dudanov
I P
IP
Mezhenin
A M
AM
Sharshavitskiĭ
G A
GA
Bogdanets
A A
AA
Andreev
Iu V
IuV
Kaputin
M Iu
MIu
Bazukheĭr
G S
GS
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged