Shahid Jamal, Muhammad Amin, Salim M, Aamer Mehmood.
Clinicopathological diagnosis of acute Appendicitis after emergency Appendicectomy.
Rawal Med J Jan ;30(2):56-8.

Objective: To evaluate the features of emergency appendicectomy. Methods: We analyzed 100 cases of emergency appendicectomies performed at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Kharian. Results: The age range was 3.5 to 70 years and males were thrice frequently affected. Grossly, 46% of the appendices were normal looking whereas on microscopy this figure was 27%. Acute or acute suppurative inflammation was found in 57% cases whereas 5% were gangrenous. Entrobiasis was found in 7% cases and one was harbouring a malignant tumor. Conclusion: We found 27 % appendices histologically normal as a result of emergency appendicectomy.

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