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At the Department of Surgery, South Stockholm General Hospital, Sweden,
information on all patients undergoing appendectomy for acute
appendicitis is prospectively recorded in a quality register [8].
South Stockholm General Hospital provides emergency medical care to a
catchment area of approximately 700 000 inhabitants. The department of
Gynaecology and Obstetrics has approximately 7000 deliveries every year.
Data on preoperative imaging, surgical approach, intraoperative
findings, microscopic findings, hospital stay, and 30-day complications
are recorded prospectively in an appendectomy register. Pregnant women
with suspected appendicitis are routinely given priority for surgery
(within 6 hours after decision to operate) compared to 24 hours for
non-pregnant women without suspicion of peritonitis.