Racial disparity in a child’s recovery from surgery was not linked to their health history or socioeconomic status, study found
Black children in the UK are four times more likely to experience complications after appendicitis surgery than their white counterparts, a study has found.
The study, funded by the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, looked at 2,799 children from 80 hospitals across the UK aged under 16 who had surgery for suspected appendicitis between November 2019 and January 2022.
