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Background: Two surgical strategies are available for appendicitis: emergency laparoscopic appendectomy and interval laparoscopic appendectomy. However, timing of surgical intervention remains debatable.
Kyota Tatsuta +4 more
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Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in complicated appendicitis in children: a single center study
Background Acute complicated appendicitis is a common abdominal emergency in children. Unlike simple appendicitis, laparoscopic appendectomy has not been considered yet the first choice in management of complicated appendicitis.
Mohammad Seqsaqa +3 more
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Comparative study of Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Open Appendectomy in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Karnataka, India [PDF]
Introduction: Appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen and appendectomy is the treatment of choice, which can be done either by open or laparoscopic approach.
Sunil Kumar B.B +2 more
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy for Complicated Appendicitis in Pediatric age group [PDF]
Background: In the pediatric age range, the most prevalent abdominal ailment needing surgery is acute appendicitis. The lifetime risk of acquiring appendicitis is 1 in 14 (7%). Aim and objectives: To assess the intraoperative and postoperative Results of
Mahmoud Ibrahim +2 more
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The Appendix Orchestrates T-Cell Mediated Immunosurveillance in Colitis-Associated CancerSummary
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 +11 more
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MINILAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY [PDF]
Background: Minilaparoscopy is considered one of the minimally invasive options available for acute appendicitis treatment, although not always employed in less complexity public health services. Aim: Report surgical outcomes of minilaparoscopy use in acute appendicitis treatment. Method : The study included 21 patients undergoing minilaparoscopic
COLETTA, Lúcio Américo Della +2 more
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LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY IN OBESE. AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION
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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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 +16 more
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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
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The authors present an accurate and comprehensive snapshot of appendicitis and the practice of appendectomy in the 1990s.Appendectomies were performed on 4950 patients in 147 Department of Defense hospitals worldwide over a 12-month period ending January 31, 1993.The median age was 23 years (range, 6 months to 82 years) with 64% males and 36% females ...
D A, Hale +4 more
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