Background : Appendicitis is a common clinical condition worldwide. Differences in incidences, sex, age, and seasonal variations have been reported widely, with paucity of information from Nigeria. Aim : To assess the trends in incidence and pattern of variation with age, sex, and seasons of the year. Materials and Methods : A review of the records of all patients with confirmed appendicitis treated in both the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital (LTH) and the Abake Medical Center (AMC), both situated in Osogbo, Nigeria, between January 2003 and December 2008, was done. LTH was a 320-bed University Hospital (with 100 surgical beds), while AMC was a 20-bed surgical center. The age, sex, and month of admission of all the histologically proven cases of ...
Background: Acute appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen and clinical morbidity. Method: ...
Background: Epidemiological studies demonstrate, for unknown reasons, the prevalence of appendicitis...
Introduction: Several acute diseases exhibit a circannual pattern. Acute appendicitis has been repor...
Background : Appendicitis is a common clinical condition worldwide. Differences in incidences, sex, ...
Background: Appendicitis is a common clinical condition worldwide. Differences in incidences, sex, a...
BACKGROUND: The true incidence rate of appendicitis in Cameroon and the magnitude of etiological fa...
AbstractIntroductionAppendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. Age, se...
Background: appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen.Aim: The aim of ...
Background: appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen.Aim: The aim of ...
Appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. The rate of acute appendici...
Appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. Age, sex and seasonal varia...
Objective: To know the seasonality and frequency of acute appendicitis in different age and sex grou...
AbstractBackgroundAcute appendicitis is a disease of the young presenting in children and early adol...
Objective: To determine the pattern of occurrence of acute appendicitis in the University of Port Ha...
Background: Acute appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen and clinical morbidity. Method: ...
Background: Acute appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen and clinical morbidity. Method: ...
Background: Epidemiological studies demonstrate, for unknown reasons, the prevalence of appendicitis...
Introduction: Several acute diseases exhibit a circannual pattern. Acute appendicitis has been repor...
Background : Appendicitis is a common clinical condition worldwide. Differences in incidences, sex, ...
Background: Appendicitis is a common clinical condition worldwide. Differences in incidences, sex, a...
BACKGROUND: The true incidence rate of appendicitis in Cameroon and the magnitude of etiological fa...
AbstractIntroductionAppendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. Age, se...
Background: appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen.Aim: The aim of ...
Background: appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen.Aim: The aim of ...
Appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. The rate of acute appendici...
Appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. Age, sex and seasonal varia...
Objective: To know the seasonality and frequency of acute appendicitis in different age and sex grou...
AbstractBackgroundAcute appendicitis is a disease of the young presenting in children and early adol...
Objective: To determine the pattern of occurrence of acute appendicitis in the University of Port Ha...
Background: Acute appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen and clinical morbidity. Method: ...
Background: Acute appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen and clinical morbidity. Method: ...
Background: Epidemiological studies demonstrate, for unknown reasons, the prevalence of appendicitis...
Introduction: Several acute diseases exhibit a circannual pattern. Acute appendicitis has been repor...