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- Title
Predictors of Length of Stay, Complications and Patient's Satisfaction after Appendectomy.
- Authors
Alharbi, Fawaz Mohammed; Almutairi, Talal Saad; Algayed, Husam Khalid; Alaskar, Mohammed Saleh; Alkhayari, Omar Ahmad; Abaalkhail, Muath Khalid; Alshenghiti, Abdulilah Mokhtar
- Abstract
Background: appendicitis is the inflammation of appendix which requires 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.
- Subjects
APPENDECTOMY complications; PATIENT satisfaction; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; EARLY diagnosis; CHRONIC disease treatment; SEX factors in disease
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2017, Vol 69, Issue 8, p3050
- ISSN
1687-2002
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12816/0042854