Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel

Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel: a Retrospective Cohort Study

To Compare the outcome to acute appendicitis in foreign workers to the native patients.

This is a retrospective case-control study. The investigators identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all foreign workers and the control group was age, sex, and co-morbidities matched group from the local population. The investigators compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women
• Patient whose pathology report of the appendix was normal