Incidental Appendectomy—Yes or No?
A Retrospective Case Study and Review of
the Literature

T. E. Snyder; J. R. Selanders

doi:10.1155/S1064744998000076

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1998)

Incidental Appendectomy—Yes or No? A Retrospective Case Study and Review of the Literature

T. E. Snyder,
J. R. Selanders

Affiliations

T. E. Snyder: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section on Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem 27157, NC, USA
J. R. Selanders: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section on Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem 27157, NC, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744998000076
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 30 – 37

Abstract

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Objective: A retrospective review of appendectomies performed at the University of Kansas Medical Center between January 1, 1989, and January 1, 1994, was conducted. In addition, the literature evaluating effectiveness of incidental appendectomy in preventing future operation and morbidity from appendicitis was reviewed. The results of the two reviews were analyzed to formulate guidelines for the appropriateness of performing incidental appendectomy in association with other operative procedures.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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