Emergency appendectomy versus elective appendectomy following conservative treatment for acute appendicitis: a multicenter retrospective clinical study by the Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine

Purpose To establish the best treatment strategy for acute appendicitis. Methods We collected data on 2142 appendectomies performed in 2017 and compared the backgrounds and surgical outcomes of patients who underwent early surgery (ES) (< 48 h) with those managed with non-ES (> 48 h). We performed a risk factor analysis to predict postoperative complications and subgroup analysis to propose a standard treatment strategy. Results The incidence of postoperative complications was significantly higher in the ES group than in the non-ES group, and significantly lower in the laparoscopic surgery group than in the laparotomy group. Surgical outcomes, including the incidence of postoperative complications, were comparable after acute surgery (< 12 h) and subacute surgery (12–48 h), following antibiotic treatment. The risk factors for postoperative complications in the ES group were a higher age, history of abdominal surgery, perforation, high C-reactive protein level, histological evidence of gangrenous or perforated appendicitis, a long operation time, and intraoperative complications. The risk factors for postoperative complications in the non-ES group were perforation and unsuccessful conservative treatment. Conclusions Non-early appendectomy is feasible for acute appendicitis but should be applied with care in patients with risk factors for postoperative complications or failure of pretreatment, including diabetes mellitus, abscess formation, and perforation..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

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Surgery today - 52(2022), 11 vom: 13. Juni, Seite 1607-1619

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arakawa, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Asano, Yukio [VerfasserIn]
Horiguchi, Akihiko [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Masakazu [VerfasserIn]
Miura, Fumihiko [VerfasserIn]
Okamoto, Kohji [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Yasutoshi [VerfasserIn]
Sakaguchi, Takanori [VerfasserIn]
Yoshida, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Appendicitis
Conservative treatment
Early appendectomy
Emergency appendectomy

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© The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022

doi:

10.1007/s00595-022-02526-3

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OLC2079828657