Establishing the need for clinical follow-up after emergency appendicectomy in the modern era: Retrospective case series of 145 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency appendicectomy (EA) is a commonly performed operation, with an increasing number of EAs being performed as day-case. The aim of this study is to establish if there is a need for post-operative follow-up and if this could prevent adverse outcomes.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent EA at multiple centres over a six-month period was undertaken. They were contacted by telephone and a standardised questionnaire was used to ascertain post-operative outcomes, including duration of analgesia use, duration before return to normal daily activity (ADLs), surgical site infection rates (SSI) and rates of re-presentation to medical services. Patients were stratified into those who underwent laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy, smokers ve

SUBMITTER: Som R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6125798 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature