PROBLEMS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS DIAGNOSIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

One of the most common diseases of abdominal surgery is acute appendicitis (AA). The frequency of this disease according to domestic and foreign sources is 3-4 cases per 1000 people. In pregnant women, AA is observed in 0.03-5,2% of cases and does not tend to decrease. The urgency of the problem of early diagnosis of AA is justified by the fact that this pathology may occur during pregnancy, parturition, the postpartum period, hiding acute surgical pathology under the mask of gynecological diseases. AA in pregnant women provides a formidable pathology that threatens the health of the mother and fetus, due to the fact that it can cause surgical and perinatal complications. The review presents the main diagnostic techniques used by doctors of various specialties, since the diagnosis of AA in pregnant women presents significant difficulties due to the unclear and worn out classic symptoms and signs that mimic the symptoms of gynecological, surgical and somatic pathology in pregnant women.