Predictors of Length of Stay, Complications and Patient’s Satisfaction after Appendectomy | ||||
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
Article 17, Volume 69, Issue 8, October 2017, Page 3050-3053 PDF (292.98 K) | ||||
DOI: 10.12816/0042854 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Fawaz Mohammed Alharbi1; Talal Saad Almutairi1; Husam Khalid Algayed1; Mohammed Saleh Alaskar1; Omar Ahmad Alkhayari1; Muath Khalid Abaalkhail2; Abdulilah Mokhtar Alshenghiti3 | ||||
1Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University | ||||
2Almaarefa Colleges for Science And Technology | ||||
3King Salman Hospital Riyadh | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: appendicitis is the inflammation of appendix whichrequires appendectomy for treatment. Appendectomy involves the surgical removal of the appendix. Early diagnosis and early appendectomy performing results in a good outcome of the surgery. The traditional strategy was an open surgery, while the modern one is laparoscopic appendectomy. However both have complications. Aim of the work: this study aimed to investigate the predictors of length stay, complications and patient satisfaction after performing an appendectomy. Methods: this study based on a simple online survey which composed of 2 parts. The data were collected using an excel sheet and analyzing data were performed using SPSS. Results: complication after surgery included presence of abscess which represented 88.7%, suffering from complications which represented 69.3% and wound infection which represented 5.7%. The range of hospital stay was 1 to 10 days with a mean± SD of 3.9± 2.4 days. 39.6% of participants had good satisfaction, 35.8% had very good satisfaction, 15.1% and 9.4% had a fair and bad level of satisfaction. Males had mean± SD of hospital stay = 4.69 days, while females had mean± SD 2.9 days. Mean ± SD of hospital stay for patients with chronic diseases was 5.14±2.34, while for those without chronic diseases it was 3.56±2.31. Conclusion: the most common complication for appendectomy was abscess after the operation, individuals reported good level of satisfaction. Male gender had chronic disease were associated with longer hospital stay. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Appendectomy; complications of appendectomy; survey about appendectomy | ||||
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