A Retrospective Study to assess Clinico-Pathological Characteristics of Appendicitis Patients
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical and Dental Sciences Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 11
Abstract
Introduction- Acute appendicitis is the inflammation of appendix. It is clinical syndrome requires immediate surgery. The present study was conducted to assess the cases and associated symptoms of appendicitis recorded in the department of General Surgery. Materials & Methods- It included 238 cases of appendicitis of both gender. General information such as name, age, gender etc. was recorded and patients were operated and confirmed by histopathologically. Results- Out of 238 patients, males were 142 (62%) and females were 96 (38%). The difference was significant (P<0.05).Age group <10 had 7 males and 8 females, 10-20 years had 35 males and 20 females, 20-30 years had 50 males and 33 females, 30-40 years had 21 males and 12 females, 40-50 years had 18 males and 10 females and >50 years had 11 males and 13 females. The difference was significant (P<0.05). Common symptoms were pain abdomen (236), fever (210) and vomiting (125). Histopathologically patients were diagnosed as acute appendicitis (AP) (119), AP with periappendicitis (3), chronic appendicitis (4), lymphoid hyperplasia (50) and resolving appendicitis (60). The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion- Male predilection was observed in present study. Age group 20-30 showed higher prevalence over other age groups
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Rishi Kant Aryal, Rakchhya Gautam
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