Introduction
- The vermiform appendix is considered by most to be a vestigial organ, its importance in surgery is only due to its tendency for inflammation resulting in the syndrome called acute appendicitis.
- Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of an “acute abdomen” in young adults.
- Appendectomy is the most frequently performed urgent abdominal operation
- Despite extraordinary advances in the modern radiographic imaging & laboratory investigations, the diagnosis of appendicitis remains essentially clinical requiring a mixture of observation, surgical science & clinical sense.
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