SGEM#256: Doctor Doctor Give Me the News, I Gotta Bad Case of RLQ Pain – Should I have an Appendectomy?
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
MAY 11, 2019
Background: The first documented appendectomy was done by Claudius Amyand in 1735. Omar et al (2008) showed just how safe laparoscopic appendectomies have become. Exclusion: Patients with co-occurring diagnosis or procedure codes consistent with complicated appendicitis and patients lacking appendectomy codes.
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