A retrospective analysis of 22 pregnant patients having acute appendicitis surgically treated in the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile in a tour year period was done. The disease was present in 1: 373 borns, most of them in the second trimester, a median mother's age of 29. 9 years and average of 20.3 gestational weeks. The classical and laparoscopic technique were done without complications. There was one case of fetal death because of sepsis.
Keywords:
Complicaciones del Embarazo/cirugía, Complicaciones del Embarazo/epidemiología, Apendicitis/cirugía, Apendicitis/complicaciones, Apendicitis/epidemiología
Haddad A, M. ., Ríos M, P., López D, . F. ., Morón T, C., Carreño T, L. ., Avila C, P. ., & Gutiérrez C, L. . (2004). Análisis de los casos de apendicitis aguda en pacientes embarazadas. Revista Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile, 15(3), pp. 227–32. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7996.2004.79234
