TY  - JOUR
TI  - Impact of routine histopathological examination of appendectomy specimens on patient management: a study of 4012 appendectomy specimens
AB  - Objective: For a suspected diagnosis of acute appendicitis, appendectomy is one of the most common emergency abdominal operations performed.However, the need for routine histopathological examination (HPE) of all appendectomy specimens has recently been questioned. The aim of thisstudy was to assess whether a routine HPE of appendectomy specimens is needed and whether routine HPE has an impact on further management ofpatients.Material and Methods: From January 2009 to June 2017, all histopathology reports of 4012 consecutive appendectomy specimens for a clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis were retrospectively analyzed in two university hospitals.Results: Out of the 4012 cases, 3530 (88%) patients showed findings consistent with acute appendicitis on HPE. Perforation rate was 5.8% and wassignificantly higher in male patients (p< 0.001) and higher in the > 30 years age group (p= 0.024). Negative appendectomy rate was 5.6% and was significantly higher in female patients (p< 0.001). There were 256 (6.4%) patients who demonstrated unusual findings in their HPE, which included chronicappendicitis (n= 207; 5.2%) patients, Enterobius vermicularis (n= 14), Schistosoma (n= 8), Crohn’s disease (n= 1), neuroma (n= 10), carcinoid tumour (n= 5)and mucinous cystadenoma (n= 5), mucocele (n= 4) and mucinous cystadenocarcinoma (n= 2).Conclusion: HPE of the appendix does not only confirm the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, but also detects other unusual diagnoses that may havean impact on a patient’s management. A number of patients with unusual histopathological findings require anti-helmentic treatment, colectomy,gastroenterology follow-up or periodic surveillance. Hence, all appendectomy specimens must be submitted for routine HPE.
AU  - Elfaedy, Osama
AU  - BENKHADOURA, Mohamed
AU  - Elshaikhy, Akrem
AU  - Elgazwi, Khaled
DO  - 10.5578/turkjsurg.4253
PY  - 2019
JO  - Turkish Journal of Surgery
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
SN  - 2564-6850
SP  - 196
EP  - 201
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/341607
ER  -