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Older Patients' Recall of Goals of Care Discussions Following Emergency Abdominal Surgery

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy are overrepresented and are at risk of poor postoperative outcomes that may not align with their goals. Goals of care (GOC) documentation remains low in older emergency laparotomy patients.
Julia Silverii, Chuan‐Whei Lee, Celina Pope, Jai Darvall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Depth and Procedure Specific Effects of Antimicrobial Versus Conventional Sutures on Surgical Site Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial sutures may be particularly beneficial in colorectal and abdominal procedures, where reductions in deep SSI may offset the additional suture cost. Several studies also reported favorable wound‐healing outcomes. ABSTRACT Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common postoperative complications that delay wound healing and increase ...
Ryan Muakkassa, Andrew Roach, Ahmed Adham R. Elsayed, Marc D. Basson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CT Versus Ultrasound in Young Women With Right Iliac Fossa Pain: A Single‐Centre Retrospective Study

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
In young women with right iliac fossa pain, CTs have a higher positive predictive value for appendicitis than ultrasounds. They also correlate better with raised inflammatory markers. CT could reduce the rate of unnecessary appendicectomies in young women in those without clear clinical signs and symptoms.
Anna Pathak, Xinyue Jiang, Jedrzej J. Jaworski, Mohamed Shams, Phill Pearce   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding the Taxonomy of Ethical Issues in Surgical Innovation

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical innovation poses significant ethical challenges. Previous work has grouped these challenges under four categories: potential harms to patients; compromised informed consent; unfair allocation of healthcare resources; and conflicts of interest. We argue that recent technological developments in surgery warrant the addition of three new
Jane Johnson, Katrina Hutchison, Wendy Rogers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Appendectomy History is not Related to Parkinson’s Disease

Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, 2017
Background: It has been suggested that appendectomy may modify the emergence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) by affecting the retrograde transport of α-synuclein (α-syn) from the gastrointestinal system.
Rezzak Yilmaz, Ece Bayram, Çağrı Ulukan, Mustafa Kemal Altınok, Muhittin Cenk Akbostancı   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Xanthogranulomatous appendicitis in interval appendectomy specimens of children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2016
Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is common in interval appendectomy specimens in adults, but it is unusual in children. Histopathologic specimens of interval appendectomy, within an 8-year period, were reevaluated to assess the true incidence. A computer
Yusuf Hakan Çavuşoğlu, Burak Ardıçlı, Sema Apaydın, Çağatay Evrim Afşarlar, Engin Yılmaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Hematologic Malignancies

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hematologic malignancies represent the most common cancers in children. While the mainstays of treatment are chemotherapy and potentially hematopoietic stem cell transplant, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has a role in the diagnosis and management of complications related both to disease and therapy as well as common pediatric surgical ...
Alejandro Chara, Katlyn G. McKay, Harold N. Lovvorn III, Joseph C. Fusco   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

APPENDECTOMY;

The Professional Medical Journal, 2008
. Objective: The purpose of this prospective study was to compare length of hospital stay, in hospital complications andoperative time between laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) and open appendectomy (OA). Setting: This prospective study was carried out atKing Khalid Hospital, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over a period of 26 months from July 2002 to ...
TARIQ WAHAB KHANZADA, ABDUL SAMAD, WASEEM MEMON   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Open versus Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Literature Review

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Appendectomy is the most common emergency abdominal surgery in the United States. Open appendectomy has been the standard procedure for decades, whereas laparoscopic appendectomy is a newer, less-invasive method of removing the appendix.
Nicole Kiril Nikolov, Hannah Theresa Reimer, Alvin Sun, Benjamin David Bunnell, Zachary Isaac Merhavy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between appendectomy and subsequent colorectal cancer development: an Asian population study.

PLoS ONE, 2015
ObjectivesThe appendix may modulate colon microbiota and bowel inflammation. We investigated whether appendectomy alters colorectal cancer risk.MethodsWe identified a cohort of 75,979 patients who underwent appendectomy between 1997 and 1999 based on the
Shih-Chi Wu, William Tzu-Liang Chen, Chih-Hsin Muo, Tao-Wei Ke, Chu-Wen Fang, Fung-Chang Sung   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source