[Is concomitant preventive appendectomy in childhood justified?].

Appendicitis is an entity without specific symptoms. Multiple false diagnoses result from this, especially in childhood, in pregnancy, and in old age. We discuss whether incidental protective appendectomy is recommended in childhood in small bowel obstructions due to intussusception, comparing the data obtained from 100 children who were appendectomized with those of 32 children who were not.