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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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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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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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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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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has recently gained increasing attention as a potential cause of postoperative gastrointestinal symptoms following gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Surgical procedures can disrupt normal gastrointestinal physiology through anatomical reconstruction, impaired motility, reduced gastric acid secretion,
Toru Aoyama +2 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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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Donor‐based dissection in undergraduate medical education enhances clinical readiness and provides insight into surgical specialties. However, opportunities for surgically integrated dissection remain limited in pre‐clerkship curricula. We developed the Surgical Approach to Regional Anatomy (SATRA), a resource‐efficient surgical dissection ...
Parsa Razeghi +2 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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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2012 A personal experience of a medical resident with appendicitis.
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iNew Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is crucial in preventing postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs), especially in clean and clean‐contaminated surgeries. It was a prospective comparative observational study that compared the effectiveness and safety of single‐dose ceftriaxone monotherapy with amoxicillin–clavulanic acid as a ...
Anayat Ullah +5 more
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