To Determine the Correlation between Acute Appendicitis and Positive Family History

Abstract

Morbidity and mortality are significantly associated with perforated appendicitis as compared to the nonperforated. The complications can be decreased if preventable measures are taken to avoid the delay in reporting patients to the health care services. To conclude, the correlation between acute appendicitis and family history is strong for the first and second degree, and clearly, it is more significant in patients who are below 30 years old. Clinically, it is believed that the family history of appendicitis may help the physicians or doctors in raising the index of suspicion of acute appendicitis. Surgery Curr Res, an open access journal 2161-1076 Volume 8 • Issue 2 • 1000316 8. Ergul E (2007) Heredity and familial tendency of acute appendicitis. Scand J Surgery 96: 290-292.Secondly, we were not able to reach all patients who underwent positive appendectomies during the retrospective time frame set for our study to gather a larger number of cases.