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Pre-operative CT predictors associated with 30-day adverse events in patients with appendiceal inflammatory masses who underwent immediate appendectomies

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Purpose

To retrospectively evaluate pre-operative CT predictors that are associated with 30-day adverse events in patients who underwent immediate appendectomies for appendiceal inflammatory masses.

Methods

This retrospective study was approved by our institutional review board, and the requirement for informed consent was waived. One hundred forty-four consecutive patients who underwent immediate appendectomies and were diagnosed with appendiceal inflammatory masses by pre-operative CT from January 2005 to December 2013 at a tertiary hospital were included. The main outcome measure was 30-day adverse events. Patient demographics and data for inflammatory markers including leukocyte counts, segmented neutrophils, and C-reactive protein levels were collected by a single radiologist. Pre- and post-operative CT findings were evaluated for features of appendiceal inflammatory masses, associated findings, and post-operative adverse events by two radiologists in a blinded fashion with consensus to assess surgical and pathologic results, post-operative outcomes, and original CT interpretations. Appendiceal inflammatory masses were defined as complicated appendicitis with a phlegmon or an abscess that was identified on pre-operative CT exam. Factors associated with 30-day adverse events were assessed using logistic regression analysis.

Results

A total of 22 (15%) of the 144 patients (mean age [±SD] 44.6 ± 22.0 years, range 3–97 years) experienced 30-day adverse events: ten intra-abdominal abscesses, three wound infections, two cases of peritonitis, two small bowel obstructions, two intra-abdominal abscesses with peritonitis, one intra-abdominal abscess with wound infection, one intra-abdominal abscess with small bowel obstruction, and one case of peritonitis with small bowel obstruction. In univariate analysis, the presence of appendicolith (odds ratio [OR] 2.49, p = 0.048) and high-grade obstruction (OR 3.79; p = 0.01) were associated with adverse events. High-grade obstruction (adjusted OR 3.05; p = 0.04) was the only independent pre-operative predictor associated with 30-day adverse events in patients with appendiceal inflammatory masses.

Conclusions

High-grade obstruction was an independent pre-operative CT predictor associated with 30-day adverse events in patients who underwent immediate appendectomies for appendiceal inflammatory masses.

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    Myung Sb Kim, Mi Sung Kim, Hae Won Park, Hee-Jin Park, Hyun Pyo Hong & Heon-Ju Kwon

  2. Department of Pathology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 110-746, 108 Pyong dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea

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Kim, M.S., Kim, M.S., Kim, D.H. et al. Pre-operative CT predictors associated with 30-day adverse events in patients with appendiceal inflammatory masses who underwent immediate appendectomies. Abdom Imaging 40, 2263–2271 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0478-9

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