[Parental representations of children's acute appendicitis and impact on its surgical management in three departments].

Introduction: Appendicitis is well known by the general and medical population. Yet, the number of appendectomies varies by a factor of one to four depending on French departments.Purpose of research: This study aimed to compare, according to French schooling departments, the representations and attitudes of parents facing abdominal pain of their children, and their use of health care system.