Naqqash Adnan, Ahmed Mujtaba Malik, Gohar Rasheed, Maryam Iftikhar, Maariah Asif, Jahangir Sarwar Khan.
Perforated appendix! an experience of a Public teaching hospital.
J Rawal Med Uni Jan ;23(4):259-63.

The most common cause of non-traumatic acute abdominal pain as well as,the most common,acute abdominal condition,presenting to Surgical Emergency,is none other than Acute Appendicitis hence it becomes the most common entity undergoing surgery in Emergencies all over the world. The lifetime risk for someone to develop acute appendicitis is 8.6% and 6.7% for males and females respectively, with 90% found in children and young adults and 10% in patients over 60 years of age.1

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