ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2012
Acute appendicitis and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a nationwide population-based study.
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- Discordant outcomes of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for suspected appendicitis during pregnancy in published meta-analyses: an overview of systematic reviews.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Pooled it
- Clinical and pathologic characteristics of appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasms diagnosed during pregnancy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Are Cesarean Section and Appendectomy in Pregnancy and Puerperium Interrelated? A Cohort Study.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Appendectomy, cholecystectomy and diagnostic laparoscopy conducted before pregnancy and risk of adverse birth outcomes: a nationwide registry-based prevalence study 1996-2015.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Appendectomy in Third Trimester of Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: A Propensity Score Analysis of a 6-Year Cohort Study Using Administrative Claims Data.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Pregnancy outcomes following nonobstetric surgery during gestation: a nationwide population-based case-control study in Taiwan.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
- Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy and the Developing World.International scholarly research notices · 2017Article
- Laparoscopic appendectomy versus open appendectomy in pregnancy: a population-based analysis of maternal outcome.Surgical endoscopy · 2015Article
- Improvement in the diagnosis of appendicitis.Advances in surgery · 2013Review
- Accuracy of ultrasonography in diagnosing acute appendicitis during pregnancy based on surgical findings.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of IranArticle
- Pregnant patients requiring emergency general surgery: a scoping review of diagnostic and management strategies.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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Abstract
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objectiveAcute appendicitis is the most common non-obstetric surgical procedure in pregnant women. Using two large-scale nationwide population-based datasets, this study aimed to assess the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes between mothers with and without appendicitis in Taiwan.
methodsThis study used two nationwide population-based datasets: the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Dataset and the Taiwan national birth certificate registry. This study included 908 women who had live singleton births and who had been hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis, and another randomly selected 4,540 women as a comparison group. Conditional logistic regression analyses were performed to calculate the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes including low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth, small for gestational age (SGA), cesarean section (CS), congenital anomalies, Apgar scores at 5 min (<7), and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.
resultsThe adjusted odds ratios for LBW, preterm birth, SGA, CS, and congenital anomalies in women with acute appendicitis were 1.82 (95 % CI = 1.43-2.30), 1.59 (95 % CI = 1.25-2.02), 1.33 (95 % CI = 1.12-1.60), 1.24 (95 % CI = 1.07-1.44), and 2.07 (95 % CI = 1.07-4.03), respectively, compared with women without acute appendicitis after adjusting for highest maternal educational level, marital status, geographic region, gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, coronary heart disease, anemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and alcohol abuse/alcohol dependence syndrome, infant sex and parity, and paternal age.
conclusionsThere were increased risks for having LBW, preterm infants, SGA, congenital anomalies, and for experiencing CS among women with acute appendicitis than comparison women.
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