Diagnosing appendicitis during pregnancy

Kathleen Masters; Barry A. Levine; Harold V. Gaskill; Kenneth R. Sirlnek

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(84)90434-3

Diagnosing appendicitis during pregnancy

Kathleen Masters, Barry A. Levine, Harold V. Gaskill, Kenneth R. Sirlnek

Department of Surgery

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In a 10 year period, 29 of 36 pregnant patients (81 percent) thought preoperatively to have appendicitis had the diagnosis confirmed at operation. Postoperative fetal complications included one intrauterine death and five premature births. There were no maternal deaths and morbidity was limited to atelectasis in five patients. Prompt surgical intervention in 90 percent of our patients did not prevent fetal complications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	768-771
Number of pages	4
Journal	The American Journal of Surgery
Volume	148
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9610(84)90434-3
State	Published - Dec 1984

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