[A prospective multicenter study of appendicitis treatment].

Between 1.7. 1988-31. 12. 1989 in 18 surgical departments of the former GDR 6, 266 patients suffering from "appendicitis" were registered and qualitatively evaluated. The perforation rate was 8.3%. 30% of these patients had no typical diagnosis. Postoperative lethality was 0.32%.