What happens when appendicitis is prolonged?

In clinical practice, if appendicitis is delayed for a long period of time, it may cause the appendix to become septic, gangrenous, perforated or even the infection spreads to form diffuse peritonitis, which leads to increased difficulty in surgery, resulting in increased danger to the patient and increased chances of postoperative complications, and so on. In addition, acute simple appendicitis trying to treat conservatively without surgical resection is also untimely, even if the patient’s appendicitis improves, it may become chronic or reoccur, and even perforation, infection, toxic shock and so on. Therefore, unless there is a special cause for acute appendicitis, surgical removal should be taken immediately upon diagnosis. Generally speaking, if the appendicitis is mild, surgical removal is easier to operate and patients recover better. In addition, with the development of laparoscopic technology, laparoscopic appendicitis resection is commonly carried out in the clinic, with less trauma to the patient, easier recovery, and shorter hospitalization time, which is worthy of clinical promotion and application.