High complication rate among patients undergoing appendectomy in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study | Zendy

Sunil V. Patel | Zendy; Sulaiman Nanji | Zendy; Susan B. Brogly | Zendy; Katherine Lajkosz | Zendy; Patti A. Groome | Zendy; Shaila J. Merchant | Zendy

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High complication rate among patients undergoing appendectomy in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Sunil V. Patel,

Sulaiman Nanji,

Susan B. Brogly,

Katherine Lajkosz,

Patti A. Groome,

Shaila J. Merchant

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.011517

Subject(s) - medicine , complication , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , surgery , perforation , population , cohort , poisson regression , general surgery , abscess , emergency medicine , punching , materials science , environmental health , psychiatry , metallurgy

Appendectomy is a common emergency procedure. The risks have been reported in previous studies but often are limited to inpatient complications. The purpose of this study was to describe inpatient and outpatient rates of complications associated with appendectomy in a contemporary population-based cohort and explore factors associated with these complications.

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