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This is a prospective study of 212 black South African patients operated on with a pre-operative diagnosis of acute appendicitis. There were 143 male and 69 female patients. Forty-four patients had normal appendices and 122 non-perforated and 46 perforated acute appendices. The appendix was normal in 12 male and 32 female patients. Most presenting signs had a high positive predictive value but few had a high negative predictive value. There was no significant difference in the systemic response between perforated and non-perforated groups. Delay in presentation accounted for the majority of perforated appendices, while there was no causal relationship between in-hospital observation and perforation. The complication rate was higher and hospital stay longer in the perforated group. We concluded that the presentation and clinical course of acute appendicitis in the population of black South Africans catered to by our hospital is not very different from that in the white population elsewhere in the world.
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
December 1995,
South African journal of surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir chirurgie,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
August 2014,
Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
October 1986,
Journal of clinical gastroenterology,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
December 1983,
The American journal of clinical nutrition,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
August 1987,
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
April 1993,
The Ulster medical journal,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
January 1984,
Tropical gastroenterology : official journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
October 1983,
Israel journal of medical sciences,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
October 1979,
Journal of the National Medical Association,
R D Levy, and
E Degiannis, and
A Kantarovsky, and
P M Maberti, and
M Wells, and
C Hatzitheofilou
June 2015,
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research,
