Appendicitis has a peak incidence of 11-years-old and is one of the most common reasons an otherwise healthy child would require an operation. Most children with appendicitis recover quickly after appendectomy, but the condition has a wide spectrum of severity and in rare cases can cause death.
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Coppola, C. P. (2014). Appendicitis. In Pediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Treatment (pp. 287–292). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04340-1_51
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