[Appendicitis in childhood].

Appendicitis in infancy has proved to be accompanied by particular problems in general and differential diagnosis. Recommendations are made for proper establishment of case histories as well as for clinical examination and surgical approach, with reference being made to the authors' own experience. The authors' perforation rate was 7.3 per cent in more than 1,000 appendectomies on children (up to 20 per cent in literature). Reported in this paper is experience obtained from treatment of severe cases.