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MISDIAGNOSIS OF APPENDICITIS IN TUBALLY STERILIZED WOMEN
Author(s) -
Nguyen M. H.,
Wilkinson S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00037.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , ectopic pregnancy , tubal ligation , abdominal pain , iliac fossa , appendicitis , pregnancy , sterilization (economics) , population , presentation (obstetrics) , general surgery , hysterectomy , family planning , genetics , environmental health , monetary economics , economics , research methodology , foreign exchange market , biology , foreign exchange
Sterilization by tubal occlusive methods has a small but definite incidence of failure which is not well recognized among general surgeons. As a result of the failure to appreciate the possibility of ectopic pregnancy after tubal ligation, right‐sided abdominal pain in this patient population is commonly misdiagnosed as appendicitis. One such case is presented, and the literature is reviewed and discussed.