Characterization of children operated on complicated acute appendicitis
Keywords:
apendicitis, peritonitis, niñosAbstract
Background: complicated acute appendicitis is the most frequent cause of secondary peritonitis in the pediatric age.
Objective: to characterize patients treated for complicated acute appendicitis.
Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in patients treated for complicated acute appendicitis. The universe consisted of 166 patients and we worked with them in their entirety. The variables used were: age, sex, surgical approach, intraoperative findings describing the stage of the disease, as well as the position of the cecal appendix, antimicrobial agents used, hospital stay and complications.
Results: the most affected patients were between 10 and 14 years old, and more than half were male. Most appendectomies were performed openly. The most frequent position of the cecal appendix during the intervention was posterior mesoceliac and in more than half of the cases the organ was perforated. The association of ceftriaxone, amikacin and metronidazole was the most used. The hospital stay was between four and six days. The most frequent postoperative complication was infection of the surgical wound.
Conclusions: male patients between 10 and 14 years were more frequent. The cecal appendix predominated in the meso-celiac posterior position and the perforated stage. With the surgical and antimicrobial treatment used, the hospital stay was short, with few complications, among which infection of the surgical wound was the most frequent. The results in the few patients treated by minimal access surgery suggest that this approach can be extended in children with complicated appendicitis.
DeCS: APPENDICITIS/complications; APPENDICITIS/surgery; PERITONITIS/etiology; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; CHILD.
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