epidemiological data from a retrospective analysis of 1307 pathology reports of appendicectomy specimens from four hunter valley hospitals , having a 100 % tissue audit , showed that there was a significant difference in normal appendicectomy ( histologically normal appendix following appendicectomy for suspected acute appendicitis ) rates for the young ( male and female 0-12 years ) and reproductive female ( 13-50 years ) groups when compared with the elderly ( over 60 years ) and the rest ( male 13-59 , female 51-59 years ) of the population .
C0003617
appendix
C0003611
appendicectomy