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Prior Appendectomy and the Onset and Course of Crohn’s Disease in Chinese Patients
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019 Background and Aim. The relationship between prior appendectomy and Crohn’s disease (CD) has previously revealed conflicting findings. The present study investigates the relationship between prior appendectomy and CD development in Chinese patients ...
Dafan Chen +4 more
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Acta Clinica Croatica, 2018 Laparoscopic appendectomy is the method of choice of many professional societies owing to its many advantages. The question arises whether surgeons urge more easily to laparoscopic exploration due to its less invasiveness, faster recovery and adequate ...
Goran Augustin +7 more
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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 +3 more
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Appendicitis as an early manifestation of subsequent malignancy: an asian population study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Cancer risk after appendectomy in patients with appendicitis remains unclear. This study examined the role of appendicitis as an early manifestation harbingering the distant malignancy.From the insurance claims data of Taiwan, we identified a cohort of ...
Shih-Chi Wu +3 more
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Cancer, 1966 A recent report based on necropsy material suggested an association between appendectomy and subsequent development of colonic and other cancers. An attempt was made to repeat this observation using live patients; 588 cases of breast cancer, 500 of cervical cancer and 568 of colonic cancer received a circular letter asking about previous appendectomy ...
J G, Howie, W R, Timperley
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objective To explore geographic variations in Irish laparoscopic and open appendectomy procedures.Design Analysis based on 2014–2017 administrative hospital data from public hospitals.Setting Counties of Ireland.Participants Irish residents with hospital
Jan Sørensen, Ola Ahmed, Ken Mealy
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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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Is Laparoscopic Appendectomy Superior to Open Appendectomy? [PDF]
The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 2020 Abstract Background: The most common emergency for surgery in the population is acute appendicitis. Though laparoscopic appendectomy is widely performed today, the advantages of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy remain under contro-versy. Aim of Study: To determine whether Laparoscopic Ap-pendectomy (LA) is better than thetraditional Open Appen ...
MOHAMED M. AHMED SAKRAN, M.Sc.; AMER H.E. BARRAWY, M.D. +1 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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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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