Further reading

Berry, J. and Malt, R.A. (1984) Appendicitis near its centenary. American Journal of Surgery, 200, 567—75.

Krukowski, Z.H., Irwin, S.T., Denholm, S.D. and Matheson, N.A. (1988) Preventing infection after appendicectomy:

a review. British Journal of Surgery, 75, 102—33.

McAnenna, O.J., Austin, 0., O’Connell, P.R., Hederman, WP, Gorey, T.F. and Fitzpatrick, J.M. (1992) Laparo­scopic versus open appendicectomy: a prospective evaluation. British Journal of Surgery, 79, 8 18—20.

Ramachandran, P, Sivit, C.J., Newman, K.D. and Schwartz, M.Z. (1996) Ultrasonography as an adjunct in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: a 4-year experience. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 31, 164—7.

Savage, P.E.A. (1991) Appendicectomy. In Rob and Smith’s Operative Surgery. Alimentary Tract and Abdominal Wall, 4th edn, Vol. 1 (eds H. Dudley, W Pories and P. Carter), Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 373—9.