MedicinePathologySurgeryAnatomic PathologyEmergency SurgerySurgical PathologyAppendiceal SurgeryInflammatory LesionsAppendiceal PathologyComplications Of AppendectomyIncidence Across Age Groups
In hands of average competence and ability, inflammation of the appendix represents a surgical condition that should not and usually does not involve mortality. Yet owing to the lack of appreciation of the significance of early symptoms and because of "home treatment" and delayed surgery, a simple surgical condition progresses to the stage of complications that are ultimately responsible for a tremendous death rate. This is especially appalling when one observes its incidence in the younger age groups. Because of this incidence and the fact that the primary lesion carries no significant danger into later life, appendicitis represents a far more satisfying field for organized educational efforts than do malignant conditions. We are presenting a review of our cases of appendicitis for the six years from Jan. 1, 1928, to Jan. 1, 1934. Those years have been chosen because with the beginning of that period occurred the opening of Dick