A REVIEW OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN SOUTHERN PART OF ODISHA.

Dr Ramani Ranjan Mund; Dr Soumya Ranjan Jena; Dr Tushar kanta Rath; Dr Kiran Kumar Kar

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

A REVIEW OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN SOUTHERN PART OF ODISHA.

Dr Ramani Ranjan Mund, Dr Soumya Ranjan Jena, Dr Tushar Kanta Rath, Dr Kiran Kumar Kar

Abstract :

Background: Acute appendicitis is a common problem in early adult life reaching peak incidence in teens and early twenties. Appendicectomy is immediate or emergency procedure to reduce morbidity and mortality. The present study was conducted to find out clinical profile of acute appendicitis,management and complications of appendicectomy. Methods: This observational study was conducted among 200 patients diagnosed as acute appendicitis in OPD and Casualty of MKCGMCH,Berhampur, the main referral hospital of Southern Odisha during the year from SEPTEMBER 2017 to APRIL 2019. The clinical profile like age, sex, symptoms of the patients,management and post–operative complications were recorded. Results: Out of two hundred patients, 65% were male and 35% were female. Nearly 71% of the patients belonged to the age group of 15–30 years.100% had pain abdomen, 81% had fever and 75% had vomiting.Negative appendicectomy rate was 5%. The post–operative complication was 3%. Conclusion: Acute appendicitis is very common in younger age groups with incidence more in male than female and whenever young patients present with acute abdominal pain may be considered as acute appendicitis. The complications of appendicectomy were less morbid and mostly gives good outcome.