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The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data
BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is one of the most frequent acute surgical conditions of the abdomen, and appendectomy is one of the most commonly performed operations in the world. However, epidemiological data on appendicitis have not been reported for South Korean or East Asian populations. METHODS: We...
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Japan Epidemiological Association
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20023368 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090011 |
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author | Lee, Jung Hun Park, Young Sun Choi, Joong Sub |
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description | BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is one of the most frequent acute surgical conditions of the abdomen, and appendectomy is one of the most commonly performed operations in the world. However, epidemiological data on appendicitis have not been reported for South Korean or East Asian populations. METHODS: We analyzed the epidemiological features and lifetime risk of appendicitis and appendectomy in South Korea using data collected for the national health insurance database from 2005 through 2007. RESULTS: Appendectomy was performed in 59.70% of inpatients diagnosed with appendicitis. The overall incidences of appendicitis, total appendectomy, and perforated appendectomy were 22.71, 13.56, and 2.91 per 10 000 population per year, respectively. The incidence of appendicitis and appendectomy showed clear seasonality, with a peak in summer. The standardized lifetime risks of appendicitis and appendectomy were constant from 2005 through 2007. A life table model suggests that the lifetime risk of appendicitis is 16.33% for males and 16.34% for females, and that the lifetime risk of appendectomy is 9.89% for males and 9.61% for females. CONCLUSIONS: As compared to results obtained in research on Western populations, appendicitis and appendectomy had a similar perforation rate and seasonality, but a higher overall incidence, in South Koreans. Between 2005 and 2007, the incidence of appendicitis and appendectomy was constant. Overall, an estimated 15 incidental appendectomies are performed to prevent 1 inpatient with suspected appendicitis, and 26 incidental appendectomies are performed to prevent 1 appendectomy. Incidental appendectomy may have greater preventive value in Koreans. |
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spelling | pubmed-39008072014-02-06 The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data Lee, Jung Hun Park, Young Sun Choi, Joong Sub J Epidemiol Original Article BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is one of the most frequent acute surgical conditions of the abdomen, and appendectomy is one of the most commonly performed operations in the world. However, epidemiological data on appendicitis have not been reported for South Korean or East Asian populations. METHODS: We analyzed the epidemiological features and lifetime risk of appendicitis and appendectomy in South Korea using data collected for the national health insurance database from 2005 through 2007. RESULTS: Appendectomy was performed in 59.70% of inpatients diagnosed with appendicitis. The overall incidences of appendicitis, total appendectomy, and perforated appendectomy were 22.71, 13.56, and 2.91 per 10 000 population per year, respectively. The incidence of appendicitis and appendectomy showed clear seasonality, with a peak in summer. The standardized lifetime risks of appendicitis and appendectomy were constant from 2005 through 2007. A life table model suggests that the lifetime risk of appendicitis is 16.33% for males and 16.34% for females, and that the lifetime risk of appendectomy is 9.89% for males and 9.61% for females. CONCLUSIONS: As compared to results obtained in research on Western populations, appendicitis and appendectomy had a similar perforation rate and seasonality, but a higher overall incidence, in South Koreans. Between 2005 and 2007, the incidence of appendicitis and appendectomy was constant. Overall, an estimated 15 incidental appendectomies are performed to prevent 1 inpatient with suspected appendicitis, and 26 incidental appendectomies are performed to prevent 1 appendectomy. Incidental appendectomy may have greater preventive value in Koreans. Japan Epidemiological Association 2010-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3900807/ /pubmed/20023368 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090011 Text en © 2010 Japan Epidemiological Association. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Lee, Jung Hun Park, Young Sun Choi, Joong Sub The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data |
title | The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data |
title_full | The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data |
title_fullStr | The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data |
title_full_unstemmed | The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data |
title_short | The Epidemiology of Appendicitis and Appendectomy in South Korea: National Registry Data |
title_sort | epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in south korea: national registry data |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20023368 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090011 |
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