Table 1.
Patient characteristics | Results |
Patients | 1621 |
Sex | |
Male | 912 (56.3) |
Female | 709 (43.7) |
Age in years, mean (range) | |
Overall | 36.7 ± 17.4 (16-94) |
Male | 36.2 ± 17.5 (16-89) |
Female | 37.3 ± 17.3 (16-94) |
Distribution of patients according to age range (yr) | |
16-20 | 275 |
21-30 | 526 |
31-40 | 290 |
41-50 | 165 |
51-60 | 146 |
61-70 | 134 |
≥ 71 | 85 |
Histopathologic findings | |
Suppurative appendicitis | 789 (48.7) |
Appendix vermiformis | 370 (22.8) |
Gangrenous appendicitis-perforated | 243 (15.0) |
Unusual histopathologic findings | 134 (8.3) |
Phlegmonous appendicitis | 53 |
Gangrenous appendicitis | 32 |
Age distribution of the 370 patients with negative appendectomy (yr) | |
16-20 | 67 |
21-30 | 111 |
31-40 | 61 |
41-50 | 35 |
51-60 | 32 |
61-70 | 43 |
≥ 71 | 21 |