ACUTE APPENDICITIS

PRESENT PATTERN AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the clinical presenting pattern and postoperative
complications of acute appendicitis. Study design: Observational and cross-sectional study.
Setting: Isra university hospital Hyderabad. Period: 7 months. Methodology: All the patients
above 12 years of age and both genders male/female after diagnosis of acute appendicitis
had integrated in the study. Complete clinical pattern and postoperative complications had
recorded. Results: Symptoms/sign nausea, vomiting, anorexia, rebound tenderness, fever,
constipation, diarrhea and leukocytosis were noted with the percentage 98.0%, 65.0%, 95.0%,
90.0%, 85.0%, 58.0%, 30.0% and 89.0% respectively. Paraumblical pain was noted in 50.0%
of the cases, right iliac fossa pain was in the 99.0%, epigastric pain was seen in 61.0% and the
other abdominal pain was noted in the 39.0%. Postoperative complications found in 33.0% of
the cases and majority was seen wound infection. Conclusion: In the conclusion of this study
clinical features nausea, vomiting, anorexia, rebound tenderness, fever, and leukocytosis were
seen as most common and the most important postoperative complication is infection which
probably created with the uncompleted sterilization.