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6476229

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective study was conducted on 107 patients with negative findings at appendectomy. The operation was unnecessary in 94 of the patients. A cause for the symptoms could be found in 43 patients, 32 during operation and 11 later by investigation or by a second operation. Diagnosis remained unclear in 64 patients. There are many diseases that mimic acute appendicitis, and based on the disease entities encountered in this series, the surgeon must examine the abdominal organs carefully if the appendix is normal. The financial loss of negative appendectomy was substantial in our study, and the total early and late complication rate was 14 percent. Patients with negative appendectomy should be regularly followed up to 1 year, since 9.3 percent of patients had a diagnosis made later by investigation, and 12.1 percent had moderate to severe pain on follow-up. Possible means to cut down the negative appendectomy rate without increasing the perforation rate have been suggested herein for further evaluation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-9610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
375-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Negative findings at appendectomy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article