Delayed Operative Management in Complicated Acute Appendicitis-Is Avoiding Extended Resection Worth the Wait ? Results from a Global Cohort Study.
Rodrigo Moises de Almeida LeiteAlexandre Venancio de SouzaCamdem Phillip BayChristy CauleyLiliana BordeianouRob GoldstoneTodd FranconeHiroko KunitakeRocco RicciardiPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)
Delayed operative management may be associated with a reduction in the need of extended resection appendectomy, shorter operative time, and a trend towards reduced mortality. On the other hand, it may also be associated with an increased length of in-hospital stay and short-term morbidity.