Title
[Appendiceal inflammatory mass management in adult patients at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital].
Other title
Manejo de la masa apendicular infl amatoria en el paciente adulto en el Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
To know the outcomes of the management of adult patients with appendiceal inflammatory mass at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital. This is a retrospective and descriptive study, where data collection from medical records of patients with appendiceal inflammatory mass who were managed at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital from 2006 to 2010 was done. 77 patients were included in this study. 41 (53.25%) were male and mean age was 35 years. The incidence of appendiceal inflammatory mass was 2.76%. Mean time of symptoms was 8 days. Conservative treatment succeeded in 88.31% of patients, interval appendicectomy was performed in 11.76%, mean time till interval surgery was 3.5 months. Nine patients (11.69%) did not respond to conservative management and underwent emergency surgery. Mortality was 0%. In Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, the incidence of appendiceal inflammatory mass is 2.76%. 88.31% of patients respond to conservative treatment, of which interval appendicectomy is performed in 11.76%.
Start page
267
End page
272
Volume
32
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina general, Medicina interna
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84887589657
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
ISSN of the container
1609722X
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