Negative Appendectomy Rate in Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
Kamran Ahmad Malik,
Adil Aljarrah,
Huda Razvi,
Laila Al-Khanbashi
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, August 2013
Pages:
43-45
Received:
29 July 2013
Published:
20 August 2013
Abstract: Diagnosing acute appendicitis remains a challenge even with the presence of multiple diagnostic tools therefore, normal appendices are removed from some patients thought to have acute appendicitis. This is known as the negative appendectomy rate (NAR). The aim of this study was to find the rate of negative appendectomies in our institution among both adults and children and to analyze the characteristics of this group. The study included 654 patients who underwent appendectomies between January 2009 and January 2011 at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Muscat, Oman. The final diagnosis was based on histopathological analysis. The NAR was found to be 12.23% for the entire study population and was found to be 17.7% among children. There was no difference in the NAR between males and females. The NAR was higher than what was found in developed countries and further research needs to be conducted to know the reasons behind this relatively high NAR.
Abstract: Diagnosing acute appendicitis remains a challenge even with the presence of multiple diagnostic tools therefore, normal appendices are removed from some patients thought to have acute appendicitis. This is known as the negative appendectomy rate (NAR). The aim of this study was to find the rate of negative appendectomies in our institution among bo...
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