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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 +4 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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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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Nighttime Appendectomy is Safe and has Similar Outcomes as Daytime Appendectomy: A Study of 1198 Appendectomies [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, 2020 Introduction: Although it is controversial whether appendectomy can be safely delayed, it is often unnecessary to postpone operation as a shorter delay may increase patient comfort, enables quicker recovery, and decreases costs.
T. Mönttinen +3 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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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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EClinicalMedicine, 2020 Background: Appendectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures; however, the possible long-term consequences have not been fully explored. The appendix has been associated with microflora of the gut and immune functions.
Chi-Ya Yang +3 more
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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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Appendectomy Is Associated With Alteration of Human Gut Bacterial and Fungal Communities
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Recent research has revealed the importance of the appendix in regulating the intestinal microbiota and mucosal immunity. However, the changes that occur in human gut microbial communities after appendectomy have never been analyzed.
Shuntian Cai +14 more
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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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