Abstract
Appendicitis in the old age ? unusual cases. The authors describe their own experience with appendicitis in the elderly patients.
They present a set of 38 patients from the period of past two years. Appendicitis in the elderly represented almost 10 % of all cases of surgically treated acute appendicitis. 63 % of the patients had advanced phlegmon or gangrenous appendicitis.
Perforation of the appendix was found in 13 % of the patients. Authors describe 4 cases with the course of atypical appendicitis in the elderly.