Table 1

 Representative reports of outcome after surgical treatment

AuthorsYearNumberMortality (%)Gangr/non-gang(%)Resection(m/r) (%)Caecopexy(m/r) (%)Caecostomy(m/r) (%)Detorsion(m/r) (%)
Gangren/non-gang, gangrenous/non-gangrenous. (m/r), mortality/recurrence. NA, not available. *Collective reviews.
Ballantyne et al1985554533/1239/08/00/00/20
O’Mara et al1979501233/77/00/025/017/0
Rabinovici et al1990*56119NA22/010/1332/1422/12
Friedman et al19892615NA13/0NANANA
Tejler, Jiborn19882516NA7/050/00/025/25
Tejler, Jiborn1988*35030NA8/013/510/113/13
Theuer19901631NA22/00/0100/0NA
Wright, Max198825121750/925/0NA/0NA/0NA/0