MANAGEMENT OF ILEOCECAL CROHN'S DISEASE DURING SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

Despite the paucity of data and low quality of evidence, a macroscopically normal appendix should be preserved in the absence of complicated disease when CD is suspected in surgery for AA. Ileocecal resections should be reserved for complicated disease (inflammatory mass, ischemia, perforation or obstruction). Further prospective studies are needed to confirm these claims.