PT Health Watch: Why appendicitis remains one of Nigeria’s most common surgical emergencies – Expert
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Summary: In Nigeria, it is estimated that the annual incidence is 22.1 - 49.8 new cases per 100,000 people, with it being a leading cause of emergency surgery, accounting for 15-40 per cent of such cases, according to an online publication.
Acute appendicitis, a sudden inflammation of the appendix, remains one of the most frequent causes of emergency abdominal surgeries in Nigeria, experts have said.
Although it is easily treatable when detected early, delayed diagnosis or access to surgical care continues to put patients at risk of complications and even death.
In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Musa Sani, a consultant general surgeon, described appendicitis as “an inflammation of the perineal appendix” and one of the leading abdominal eme
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