Comparison of treatment methods of appendiceal mass and abscess: A prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of our prospective study is to compare and analyze the results of two treatment methods of appendiceal mass and abscess: emergency surgery and conservative treatment with and without interval surgery.

Materials and methods

74 Patients with the diagnosis of appendiceal mass or abscess were enrolled in this study. The patients were assigned into two groups: the emergency surgery group and the conservative management group. The conservative management group was subdivided into two groups: interval surgery group and the ambulatory follow-up observation group without interval surgery. Several clinical characteristics were determined and compared between the groups. Among patients who underwent surgery, the surgical methods, operation time, postoperative hospita

SUBMITTER: Demetrashvili Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838364 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature