Summary of patients (N=316) with emergency appendicectomy performed for acute appendicitis between 2006 and 2016
Median age on admission | 10.8 years (range: 3–18 years) |
Median Alvarado Score | 8.0 (range: 2–10) |
Severity of appendicitis, n (%) | |
Uncomplicated | 202 (63.9) |
Complicated | 316 (36.1) |
Number (%) of patients with: | |
Low risk score (1–4) | 42 (13.3) |
Medium risk score (5–6) | 64 (20.2) |
High risk score (7–10) | 210 (66.5) |
Patients with preoperative radiologic examinations (p=0.59), n (%) | |
Low risk score (1–4) | 25 (59.5) |
Medium risk score (5–6) | 40 (62.5) |
High risk score (7–10) | 138 (65.7) |
Postoperative complication (n=52), n (%) | |
Uncomplicated appendicitis | 18 (8.9) |
Complicated appendicitis | 34 (29.8) |