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Retrospective Cohort Study to Determine the Effect of Socioeconomic Status and Distance to Hospital on Negative Appendicectomy Rates in a Rural Setting

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Rural Health, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Background The impact of socioeconomic status and distance to hospital on negative appendicectomy rates is unknown. These factors have been shown to be important predictors of health in a rural setting. Objective To determine whether socioeconomic status and road distance to hospital were risk factors for negative appendicectomy.
Roy Huynh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of outcomes of laparoscopic appendectomy and open appendectomy [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Surgery Science, 2019
Background: Open appendectomy is standardized among surgeons and is usually completed using a small right lower quadrant incision and postoperative recovery is usually uneventful. It is the most common general surgical procedure performed all-over the world. And the most common intra-abdominal surgical emergency, with a lifetime risk of 6%. Aim of the
openaire   +2 more sources

Diagnosis and classification of pediatric acute appendicitis by artificial intelligence methods: An investigator-independent approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Acute appendicitis is one of the major causes for emergency surgery in childhood and adolescence. Appendectomy is still the therapy of choice, but conservative strategies are increasingly being studied for uncomplicated inflammation. Diagnosis of acute
Kallarackal, Jim   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The Risk of Colectomy and Colorectal Cancer After Appendectomy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

open access: yesJournal of Crohn's & Colitis, 2018
BACKGROUND Appendectomy decreases the risk of developing ulcerative colitis [UC], and is suggested to have a beneficial effect on the clinical course of established UC.
M. Stellingwerf   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Highly hypofractionated biaxially rotational dynamic radiation therapy (BROAD‐RT) for high‐risk prostate cancer

open access: yesCancer Science, Volume 116, Issue 4, Page 1004-1011, April 2025.
We reported clinical outcomes of a prospective pilot study of highly hypofractionated biaxially rotational dynamic radiation therapy (BROAD‐RT), a unique radiation therapy method that facilitates non‐coplanar volumetric‐modulated arc therapy for high‐risk prostate cancer with simultaneous integrated boost for intra‐prostatic dominant lesions.
Rihito Aizawa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ileocecal appendix involvement in fabry disease mimicking an acute abdomen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD) is a rare, X-linked, lysosomal storage disorder due to a deficiency of alphagalactosidase A. The direct consequence is a lipid storage with the accumulation of glycosphingolipids throughout the body.
Cristi E   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A New Incision for Appendectomy [PDF]

open access: yesThe Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1919
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openaire   +4 more sources

Closure methods of the appendix stump for complications during laparoscopic appendectomy.

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017
BACKGROUND Laparoscopic appendectomy is amongst the most common general surgical procedures performed in the developed world. Arguably, the most critical part of this procedure is effective closure of the appendix stump to prevent catastrophic intra ...
G. Mannu   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does Appendectomy Always Relieve Symptoms? [PDF]

open access: green, 1911
CHARLES L. SCUDDER, Harry W. Goodall
openalex   +1 more source

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