Abstract
Diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain in a woman is frequently confusing. The course of 53 patients who had operation with a normal appendix and no other intraabdominal pathology is compared with a group of 50 patients with a normal appendix and acute salpingitis. Appendectomies were performed in all cases and there was a lower mortality and morbidity rate in the group of patients with salpingitis. It is, therefore, concluded thet appendectomy is a safe procedure in patients with acute salpingitis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 403-406 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American Surgeon |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1977 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery