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Therapeutic approach for Amyand’s hernia; a case report [PDF]

, 2020
In very few cases stated in the literature, the vermiform appendix might be contained in a hernial sac. This distinctive pathology is described as Amyand\u27s hernia and has the very small occurrence of about 1%.
Ardeleanu, Valeriu, Berbece, Sorin, Constantin, Vlad Denis, Paunica, Ioana, Toma, Alexandra   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

The Appendix Orchestrates T-Cell Mediated Immunosurveillance in Colitis-Associated CancerSummary

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023
Background & Aims: Although appendectomy may reduce colorectal inflammation in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), this surgical procedure has been suggested to be associated with an increased risk of colitis-associated cancer (CAC).
Maxime K. Collard, Julien Tourneur-Marsille, Mathieu Uzzan, Miguel Albuquerque, Maryline Roy, Anne Dumay, Jean-Noël Freund, Jean-Pierre Hugot, Nathalie Guedj, Xavier Treton, Yves Panis, Eric Ogier-Denis   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis in a Resource-limited Setting

The Annals of African Surgery, 2021
Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of the acute abdomen; thus, appendectomy is part of most daily emergency surgical duties. It is conducted through either open or laparoscopic approach.
Mohanned Omer Abass, Yassir Altahir Abdullah, Elssayed Osman Elssayed, Abdelrahman Babekir Mhammed, Mohamed Saeed Alfaki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction at 7-Year Follow-up of Antibiotic Therapy vs Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA Surgery, 2020
Importance Long-term results support antibiotics for uncomplicated acute appendicitis as an alternative to appendectomy. To our knowledge, treatment-related long-term patient satisfaction and quality of life (QOL) are not known.
S. Sippola, J. Haijanen, Lauri Viinikainen, J. Grönroos, H. Paajanen, T. Rautio, P. Nordström, M. Aarnio, T. Rantanen, S. Hurme, J. Mecklin, J. Sand, A. Jartti, P. Salminen   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

TWO-PORT LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY IS MORE BENEFECIAL THAN OPEN APPENDECTOMY IN EARLY ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Folia Medica Indonesiana, 2017
Open appendectomy has already commonly been performed to treat acute appendicitis, but the relatively more painful and longer incision scar becomes a cosmetical problem. Two port laparoscopic appendectomy can be performed safely, less painful and leaving
Vicky S Budipramana
doaj   +1 more source

How well do DRGs for appendectomy explain variations in resource use? : An analysis of patient-level data from 10 European countries [PDF]

, 2012
Appendectomy is a common and relatively simple procedure to remove an inflamed appendix, but the rate of appendectomy varies widely across Europe. This paper investigates factors that explain differences in resource use for appendectomy.
Andrew Street, Anne Mason, Josselin Thuilliez, null null, Padraic Ward, Thomas Renaud, Zeynep Or   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Appendectomy Is Not Associated With a Milder Clinical Course of Ulcerative Colitis: A Nationwide Danish Population-Based Study. [PDF]

Aliment Pharmacol Ther
Prior studies suggest a beneficial effect of appendectomy on the clinical course of UC. This nationwide population‐based cohort study finds no lower rates of UC‐related hospitalisation or in the rates of colorectal resections or treatment with biologics for UC patients with appendectomy compared to UC patients without appendectomy.
Mark-Christensen A, Kristiansen EB, Laurberg S, Erichsen R.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Global incidence of surgical site infection after appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open, 2020
Background Although surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most studied healthcare-associated infections, the global burden of SSI after appendectomy remains unknown.
Celestin Danwang, J. Bigna, J. Tochie, A. Mbonda, C. Mbanga, Rolf Nyah Tuku Nzalie, M. Guifo, A. Essomba   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Appendectomy to Remember [PDF]

Journal of Travel Medicine, 2009
A 29‐year‐old Somali women presented with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and fever. She had migrated as a refugee from Kenya to Minnesota 14 months before presentation. On physical examination, she had periumbilical and right lower quadrant tenderness with signs of peritoneal irritation such as rebound tenderness.
Sadia Jama, Sadia Jama, Mohamed D. Abd Alla, William M. Stauffer, J. Carlos Manivel   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources