Clinical-epidemiological profile of acute appendicitis: retrospective analysis of 638 cases.

Objective: to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of acute appendicitis (AA) of the patients treated at a referral center in the Juiz de Fora macro-region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Methods: we conducted a retrospective, observational study in the Dr. Mozart Geraldo TeixeiraEmergency Hospital.