Neonatal Appendicitis in Term and Preterm Babies

Abstract

Sabriye Dayı Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Medical Park Bursa Hastanesi, Bursa, Turkey. e-mail: sabriyedayi@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The aims of this study are to present the cases of two newborns with perforated appendicitis in newborn intensive care unit in a 3-months period, and discuss the pathophysiology of neonatal appendicitis.