Perez Kelly Sue, Allen Steven R
At the time this article was written, Kelly Sue Perez practiced in the Division of Trauma, Acute Care, and Critical Care Surgery at Penn State's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Pa. She now practices at Las Vegas (Nev.) Urology. Steven R. Allen is an associate professor of surgery at Hershey Medical Center. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2018 Sep;31(9):35-41. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000544304.30954.40.
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies. Of the 300,000 appendectomies performed each year, 25% are due to complicated appendicitis. This article reviews the incidence and pathophysiology of acute appendicitis, the nonoperative management of complicated appendicitis, and the rationales for and against interval appendectomy.
急性阑尾炎是最常见的外科急症之一。在每年进行的30万例阑尾切除术中，25%是由复杂性阑尾炎所致。本文综述了急性阑尾炎的发病率和病理生理学、复杂性阑尾炎的非手术治疗，以及支持和反对间隔期阑尾切除术的理论依据。
