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A Rare Cause of Acute Appendicitis: Enterobius vermicularis [PDF]
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2021 Acute appendicitis is the most common intra-abdominal pathology that requires emergency surgery in general surgery clinics. The aetiology of acute appendicitis includes both infectious and non-infectious causes.
Mehmet Patmano +2 more
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The Moldovan Medical Journal, 2018 Background: It has been more than 130 years since Reginald Fitz described for the first time the pathomorphological changes of the acute appendicitis and after the first appendectomy that was performed by H.
Bour, Alin +2 more
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Incidence of complicated acute appendicitis: a single-centre retrospective study [PDF]
Studia Medyczne, 2017 Introduction : Abdominal pain has been one of the most common reasons patients seek medical care for centuries. Nowadays, together with laboratory diagnostics and imaging, we are able to make an early diagnosis.
Aneta Piotrowska +2 more
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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2021 BACKGROUND: During pandemic, admissions for surgical emergencies dropped down dramatically. Also acute appendicitis decreased. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the change in volume and clinical presentation of patients with acute ...
Marco Ceresoli +2 more
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JAAPA, 2017 The appendix was discovered in the 1500s, with the first successful appendectomy being performed in 1735. Throughout the history of medicine, diseases of the appendix have managed to cause confusion among doctors and harm to patients.
Magnus James
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Ultrasonography in acute appendicitis
Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2017 Background & Objectives: This study was undertaken to establish the Ultrasonographic (USG) findings in acute appendicitis and to establish the accuracy of USG in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.Materials & Methods: One hundred patients who ...
V Natraj Prasad, Pramod Kumar Chhetri
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Obstructive Uropathy Secondary to Missed Acute Appendicitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2016 Hydronephrosis is a rare complication of acute appendicitis. We present a case of missed appendicitis in a 52-year-old female which presented as a right-sided hydronephrosis.
Mahir Gachabayov
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JAMA, 2021 “Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks: but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house”, wrote the mathematician Henri Poincare. However, as surgeons and doctors, we have to face and consider our own “facts”. We are ageing! This is the first fact.
Mauro Podda +7 more
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The role of CT in decision for acute appendicitis treatment [PDF]
, 2022 PURPOSEAcute appendicitis is the most common cause of the acute abdomen requiring surgery. Although standard treatment has been surgery, it has been seen in recent years that treatment is possible with antibiotics and non-operative observation.
Baha Tolga Demirbas +4 more
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