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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 6, No. 2, 2001, pp. 75-78
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Bioline Code: js01034
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2001, pp. 75-78
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"Post-appendectomy" Acute Appendicitis in a rural area: A surgical dilemma.
Abuka Ona Longombe
Abstract
Acute appendicitis is the commonest abdominal surgical emergency worldwide. Its diagnosis is a clinical one and its treatment is removal of the inflamed appendix. In this paper, three cases of acute "postappendectomy" appendicitis are presented. The paper discusses the problems of communication between doctors and patients in rural Africa.
Keywords
Post-appendectomy, appendicitis, surgical dilemma and rural area.
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