Acute perforated appendicitis in adults: Management and complications in Lagos, Nigeria | Zendy

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Acute perforated appendicitis in adults: Management and complications in Lagos, Nigeria

Author(s) -

OlanrewajuSamuel Balogun,

Adedapo Osinowo,

Michael Afolayan,

Thomas Olajide,

Abdulrazzak Lawal,

Adedoyin Adekunle Adesanya

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

annals of african medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1596-3519

DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_11_18

Subject(s) - medicine , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , general surgery , southeastern nigeria , pediatrics , socioeconomics , sociology

Acute perforation of the appendix is one of the complications of appendicitis that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and hence regarded as a surgical emergency. Risk factors for perforated appencidicits include extremes of age, male sex, pregnancy, immunosuppression, comorbid medical conditions and previous abdominal surgery.

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