| dc.creator | Eke, Barnabas | |
| dc.creator | Ojo, Babarinde | |
| dc.creator | Omolobake, Bamidele | |
| dc.creator | Emanso, Umobong | |
| dc.creator | Akpor, Issac | |
| dc.creator | Vhriterhire, Raymond | |
| dc.creator | Ugwu, Victor | |
| dc.creator | Efu, Michael Enokela | |
| dc.creator | David, Gyenger | |
| dc.creator | Udu, Confort | |
| dc.date | 2019-12-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-13T14:47:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-13T14:47:35Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/12 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.32457/ijmss.2019.036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/196130 | |
| dc.description | Appendicitis is the leading cause of surgical admission in most hospitals in Nigeria and the removed appendix, a frequent surgical specimen in most routine histopathological laboratories in Nigeria. The aim of this study is to audit the appendectomy procedures in Benue State University Teaching Hospital. Sixty-two appendices removed for acute appendix in Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria middle belt, over an 8-year period were analyzed. Twenty-eight (45%) were found to be normal, while 29 (46%) showed histopathological evidence of acute inflammation. There were 5 (9%) cases of unusual pathologies which include a case each of metastatic adenocarcinoma and chronic granulomatous inflammation (2% each) and 3 (5%) cases of schistosomiasis. The Negative Appendectomy Rate (NAR) was 27% in females compared with 18% in males. Adult (>16 years) represented 29% of the NAR. The overall NAR was 45%. The NAR in this study is considerable higher when compared with existing literature. In a poor resource center like Benue State University Teaching Hospital, due diligence in taking detailed history coupled with good clinical examination cannot be over emphasized. The use of a combination of Total Leukocyte Count (TCC) and C-Reactive Protein (CPR) in every patient may help in reducing NAR, though it’s definitely going to be impossible to eradicate it. | en-US |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Universidad Autónoma de Chile | en-US |
| dc.relation | https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/12/7 | |
| dc.rights | Copyright (c) 2019 International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences | en-US |
| dc.source | International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Vol. 6 No. 4 (2019): December 2019; 123-125 | en-US |
| dc.source | International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Vol. 6 Núm. 4 (2019): December 2019; 123-125 | es-ES |
| dc.source | 0719-532X | |
| dc.source | 0719-3904 | |
| dc.source | 10.32457/ijmss.v6i4 | |
| dc.subject | Appendectomy | en-US |
| dc.subject | Histopathological | en-US |
| dc.subject | Diagnosis | en-US |
| dc.subject | Negative appendectomy rate | en-US |
| dc.title | Auditing Appendectomy in Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria | en-US |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
