Experience of a regional center in treating acute appendicitis in children

Introduction. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of laboratory indices of inflammatory response in predicting the development of acute appendicitis in children.Materials and methods. Data on 300 pediatric patients who underwent appendectomy for acute appendicitis at the surgical department of the State Healthcare Institution "Ulyanovsk Regional Children's Clinical Hospital" in Ulyanovsk were retrospectively analyzed for the period from September 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024.Results. Upon analyzing the results, it was revealed that phlegmonous appendicitis (145 cases) occurs statistically significantly more often in the age group of 6-12 years (𝑝=0,048). Univariate statistical analysis showed that the statistically significant parameters depending on the type of acute appendicitis are vomiting (𝑝