Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks, will discuss about the acute appendicitis and its management in this video. Patient with acute appendicitis should be operated within 12 hours. He will further explain that any surgery done after 48 hours has surgical related infections. In non-perforated, uncomplicated, acute simple appendicitis should be operated in less than 12 hours.