[Acute appendicitis in pregnancy]

Appendectomy was performed on 34 pregnant women between 1977 and 1984. These accounted for 1.1 per cent of appendectomies and 1.8% of all deliveries in the above period under review. The incidence of appendicitis during pregnancy did not appear to be very much below that outside gravidity. The foetus is endangered by hypoxaemico-toxic conditions in all phases but primarily during the last three months. Caesarean section should be precedent to appendectomy, at least in cases of advanced appendicitis and when the foetus is viable. With non-viable foetus, appendectomy should be performed alone.