Can peritoneal thickening and enhancement be used to determine perforation in patients with acute appendicitis?

Akut apandisitli hastalarda perforasyonu belirlemek için periton kalınlaşması ve kontrastlanması kullanılabilir mi?

Journal

Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES
ISSN: 1307-7945
Titre abrégé: Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg
Pays: Turkey
ID NLM: 101274231

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Historique:
entrez: 29 4 2022
pubmed: 30 4 2022
medline: 3 5 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common cause of abdominal pain in developed countries. In patients with suspected AA, computed tomography (CT) is considered as the gold standard with the highest sensitivity and specificity, and it is also an im-portant modality, especially in patients with complicated AA. In this study, we aimed to evaluate age and laboratory findings, as well as specific CT findings in differentiating between perforated and non-perforated appendicitis. We retrospectively analyzed 252 patients diagnosed with AA and underwent appendectomy between November 2015 and December 2019 in Somalia Mogadishu Recep Tayyip Erdogan Education and Research Hospital. Patients under 18 years of age and those with no pre-operative CT scans were excluded from the study. The demographic, laboratory, CT findings, and pathological data of all patients were evaluated. This study included 80 patients, 32 (40%) classified as perforated appendicitis (Group-1) and 48 (60%) as non-perforated appendicitis (Group-2). The C-reactive protein value was found to be statistically higher in Group-1 than in Group-2 (177.5±118.9 and 100.2±87.3 mg / L, respectively; p=0.001). The appendix lumen diameter (p=0.002), appendix wall defect (p<0.001), peritoneal thickening and enhancement (p<0.001), ascites (p=0.031), intra-abdominal abscess (p=0.003), jejunal thickening (p=0.019), ileal thick-ening (p=0.008), and ileus (p=0.035) values were significantly higher in Group-1. In the binominal logistic regression analysis performed with statistically significant data, an appendiceal wall defect (OR: 0.069, 95% CI=0.014-0.327, p=0.001) and peritoneal thickening and enhancement (OR: 0.131, 95% CI=0.024-0.714, p=0.019) were identified as independent variables for perforated appendicitis. Among CT findings, appendix wall defects and peritoneal thickening and enhancement play an important role in detecting perforation.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common cause of abdominal pain in developed countries. In patients with suspected AA, computed tomography (CT) is considered as the gold standard with the highest sensitivity and specificity, and it is also an im-portant modality, especially in patients with complicated AA. In this study, we aimed to evaluate age and laboratory findings, as well as specific CT findings in differentiating between perforated and non-perforated appendicitis.
METHODS METHODS
We retrospectively analyzed 252 patients diagnosed with AA and underwent appendectomy between November 2015 and December 2019 in Somalia Mogadishu Recep Tayyip Erdogan Education and Research Hospital. Patients under 18 years of age and those with no pre-operative CT scans were excluded from the study. The demographic, laboratory, CT findings, and pathological data of all patients were evaluated.
RESULTS RESULTS
This study included 80 patients, 32 (40%) classified as perforated appendicitis (Group-1) and 48 (60%) as non-perforated appendicitis (Group-2). The C-reactive protein value was found to be statistically higher in Group-1 than in Group-2 (177.5±118.9 and 100.2±87.3 mg / L, respectively; p=0.001). The appendix lumen diameter (p=0.002), appendix wall defect (p<0.001), peritoneal thickening and enhancement (p<0.001), ascites (p=0.031), intra-abdominal abscess (p=0.003), jejunal thickening (p=0.019), ileal thick-ening (p=0.008), and ileus (p=0.035) values were significantly higher in Group-1. In the binominal logistic regression analysis performed with statistically significant data, an appendiceal wall defect (OR: 0.069, 95% CI=0.014-0.327, p=0.001) and peritoneal thickening and enhancement (OR: 0.131, 95% CI=0.024-0.714, p=0.019) were identified as independent variables for perforated appendicitis.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Among CT findings, appendix wall defects and peritoneal thickening and enhancement play an important role in detecting perforation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35485514
doi: 10.14744/tjtes.2020.58991
pmc: PMC10443133
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

428-433

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Auteurs

Mehmet Tahtabaşı (M)

Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu-Somali.

Sadettin Er (S)

Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu-Somali.

Şükrü Mehmet Ertürk (ŞM)

Department of Radiology, İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Turkey.

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