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Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2012 We conducted this study in order to evaluate whether laparoscopic appendectomy was an alternative therapeutic tool to open appendectomy for all stages of pediatric appendicitis. Materials and Methods: Between January 2000 and November 2004, the charts of
Ching-Chung Tsai +2 more
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Increased chronic kidney disease development and progression in diabetic patients after appendectomy: a population-based cohort study [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background The vermiform appendix serves as a “safe house” for maintaining normal gut bacteria and appendectomy may impair the intestinal microbiota. Appendectomy is expected to profoundly alter the immune system and modulate the pathogenic inflammatory ...
Chin-Hua Chang +7 more
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An appendectomy increases the risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a five-year follow-up study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Many studies have reported a possible association of an appendectomy with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, findings of the relationship between an appendectomy and RA remain inconsistent.
Ya-Mei Tzeng +5 more
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LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN APPENDECTOMY FOR ACUTE APPENDICITIS [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2015 Acute appendicitis is still considered the most common cause of acute abdomen in young adult age group. Appendectomy is the most frequent urgent abdominal operation and often is the 1st major procedure performed by surgeons in training.
Mansour Ameen Mohammed
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LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY IN OBESE. AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020 Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of laparoscopic and open appendectomy in obese patients in Surgical departments of a tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Prospective observational study.
Saeed Awan +3 more
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Proactive Clinical Auditing and Continuous Surgical Practice Monitoring in Reducing the Rate of Negative Appendectomy in Children [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement JournalIntroduction:Acute appendicitis is the most common intra-abdominal paediatric surgical emergency, with appendectomy being its standard treatment. In most centres, acute appendectomy is performed based on clinical diagnosis and hence has been associated ...
Dalia Abdulrahman +5 more
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy, A Comparative Study [PDF]
JLUMHS, 2019 OBJECTIVE: To compare laparoscopic and open appendectomy in terms of complication rate. METHODOLOGY: This was a multicentric, retrospective study conducted at Dow University Karachi and Bantva Memon Hospital Karachi from January 2014 to December 2016 ...
Muhammad Rauf Shaikh +5 more
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Are Cesarean Section and Appendectomy in Pregnancy and Puerperium Interrelated? A Cohort Study
Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 IntroductionIt is not known whether appendectomy for acute appendicitis (AA) increases the Cesarean section (CS) rate and whether CS increases the likelihood of AA and appendectomy in the early puerperium.
Banuhan Şahin +5 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.Alcohol consumption was independently associated with Surgical Site Infection in the gastroenterological Minimally Invasive Surgery. Whether preoperative abstinence from alcohol prevents the occurrence of SSI warrants further investigation. ABSTRACT Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the postoperative complications. Risk factors for SSI
Toshiya Akai +9 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.Threshold‐optimized machine learning models using routine clinical and laboratory data in 623 adults undergoing appendectomy. Logistic regression (AUC = 0.765) and random forest (AUC = 0.785) were the best‐performing models for appendicitis detection and complicated appendicitis prediction, respectively.
Ivan Males +8 more
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