Patient Time and In-hospital Delay of Surgery Association With Complicated Appendicitis

This is a retrospective observational study with its main aim of evaluating possible factors associated with complicated appendicitis. Current literature supports time from symptom onset until registration as the main and maybe only determinant of the outcome if patients are operated on within 24 hours. We wish to evaluate whether this is true in all patients, or there are subgroups in which time from registration to operation is associated with complicated appendicitis.