Cohort study of 1241 patients to identify predictors of negative appendicectomy.

Thomas G MackayBhanuka DissanayakePeter J YuideMatthew J BurstowJustin S GundaraTerence C Chua

Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2020)

The NAR reported is lowest in an Australian institution. The identified predictors of NA will be useful in identifying patients who would truly benefit from an appendicectomy versus those would have a higher rate of NA who may be suitable to be treated non-operatively to be spared the unnecessary morbidity of surgery.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
minimally invasive
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
acute coronary syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention