Appendicitis surgery mortality rate

Although appendicitis is a common clinical disease, many people are still very frightened when it occurs, especially after an appendectomy. If improper care is not given, the surgery may leave some sequelae. Appendicitis surgery is relatively common in clinical practice. Any surgery involves risks, but the degree of risk varies. So is the mortality rate of appendicitis surgery high?

1. The mortality rate of patients with appendicitis is not high. The typical clinical manifestation of acute appendicitis is gradual onset of dull pain in the upper abdomen or around the umbilicus, which shifts to the right lower abdomen after a few hours. It is often accompanied by loss of appetite, nausea or vomiting. Acute appendicitis has a mortality rate of less than 1%, and the mortality rate after diffuse peritonitis occurs is 5% to 10%, which is very harmful. It can be seen that the mortality rate of this disease is generally not high, but the mortality rate increases when peritonitis occurs.

2. If acute appendicitis is not treated early, appendicitis may perforate and become suppurative, leading to serious complications such as diffuse peritonitis, with a high mortality rate. Survivors may often suffer from intestinal obstruction due to intestinal adhesions, causing great pain to the patients. If the wound becomes inflamed after simple appendectomy surgery, it generally will not cause the patient's death. If the wound becomes inflamed after appendectomy surgery, the patient usually has a fever, the white blood cell count is high, and then a large number of bacteria enter the blood to form bacteremia and sepsis, leading to death.

3. Because gastrointestinal activity temporarily stops after intestinal surgery. The food and water that enter the gastrointestinal tract cannot flow downward and accumulates in the stomach, causing abdominal distension. So you can't eat or drink after the operation. Wait until gastrointestinal activity resumes before eating. Coughing is a painful experience for patients after abdominal surgery. The intestine is immobile after surgery and the surgical wound is prone to adhesion. Therefore, patients should be encouraged to be more active. On the one hand, it can prevent intestinal adhesion, and on the other hand, it can also promote the recovery of gastrointestinal activity.