Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks, will discuss about the acute appendicitis and its management in this video. Patient with acute appendicitis should be operated within 12 hours. He will further explain that any surgery done after 48 hours has surgical related infections. In non-perforated, uncomplicated, acute simple appendicitis should be operated in less than 12 hours.
Recipient of Padma Shri, Vishwa Hindi Samman, National Science Communication Award and Dr B C Roy National Award, Dr Aggarwal is a physician, cardiologist, spiritual writer and motivational speaker. He was the Past President of the Indian Medical Association and President of Heart Care Foundation of India. He was also the Editor in Chief of the IJCP Group, Medtalks and eMediNexus
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