Appendicitis in Pregnancy: Presentation, Management and Complications

Management of acute appendicitis in pregnancy.

BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical non-obstetric pathology during pregnancy. In this report, pregnant patients operated with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis in the last three years are evaluated retrospectively. METHODS Between January 2009 and January 2011, 20 pregnant patients were operated for acute appendicitis. Patients were evaluated regarding age, gestational a...

Appendicitis and cholecystitis in pregnancy.

Acute abdominal pain in pregnancy may be attributable to a broad range of nonobstetrical causes. The evaluation of an acute abdomen during pregnancy must include in the differential diagnosis appendicitis and cholecystitis, which are 2 of the most common reasons for nonobstetric surgical intervention in pregnancy. Both conditions may be associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity a...

Appendicitis in pregnancy.

BACKGROUND Our urban practice had two incidences of documented appendicitis in pregnancy in a 24-hour period with two unique outcomes that prompted an inquiry. Appendicitis in pregnancy is relatively rare, but it has significant morbidity and is a cause of maternal and infant mortality. Abdominal pain is the most common presenting symptom, and the consideration of multiple pathologic disorders ...

[Acute appendicitis in pregnancy].

A retrospective analysis is reported of 110 pregnant women with acute appendicitis on the basis of inquiry with participation of 23 surgical centres in the period 1979-1989. Attention is called mainly to diagnostic difficulties and peculiarities of the clinical course of this acute abdomen syndrome in pregnancy. The authors found that acute appendicitis was most frequent in primiparae in the 1s...

Clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in Babol, northern Iran