Abstract

Non Operative Management of Appendicitis during Pregnancy. Is it Feasible?

Highlights

  • Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of non-obstetric abdominal emergency surgery in pregnant women [1,2,3,4]

  • As stated in previous studies, appendicitis perforation is more common in pediatric patients age less than 5 [15,16,17,18]

  • The suitability of non-operative management (NOM) of appendicitis has been investigated in pediatric appendicitis patients

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Introduction

Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of non-obstetric abdominal emergency surgery in pregnant women [1,2,3,4]. Non Operative Management of Appendicitis during Pregnancy. Among the main reasons for this issue are symptoms that are overlapping such as nausea and vomiting with the appendicitis clinic during pregnancy, as well as the results of the physiologically changing laboratory results in pregnant women [5,6,7]. In a study, it has been reported that this is not the case; the replacement of the intra abdominal position of appendix within the progression of pregnancy is a dogma [10,11].

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