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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
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Transcolonic Endoscopic Appendectomy: A Single‐Step “Two‐In‐One” Approach for Recurrent Appendicitis With Appendiceal Orifice Lesions

Journal of Digestive Diseases, EarlyView.
Transcolonic endoscopic appendectomy (TEA) is a minimally invasive, single‐step “two‐in‐one” procedure for recurrent appendicitis with appendiceal orifice lesions. It enables precise resection of both appendix and associated lesions, with a novel closure method reducing operative time and improving safety.
Hao Wu, Zhu Kai Chen, Ai Ping Xu, Yuan Chu, Li Zhang, Jing Jing Lian, Tao Chen, Mei Dong Xu   +7 more
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No genetic causality between appendectomy and gastrointestinal cancers: a Mendelian randomization study and meta-analysis in European population

Scientific Reports
The impact of appendectomy on the risk of gastrointestinal cancers remains unknown. We aimed to systematically estimate the causal relationship between appendectomy and gastrointestinal cancers in the European population using two-sample Mendelian ...
Shuai Wang, Tao Zhang, Yuanlin Sun, Dongliang Yang, Xueyuan Cao   +4 more
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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
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Predictive Value of Alvarado, Acute Inflammatory Response, Tzanakis and RIPASA Scores in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2020
Introduction. The diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA), as the most common cause of acute abdominal pain, has changed in the past decade by introducing scoring systems in addition to the use of clinical, laboratory parameters, and radiological ...
Senol Tahir, Andrej Nikolovski, Martina Ambardjieva, Petar Markov, Dragoslav Mladenovik, Gjulsen Selim, Beti Zafirova-Ivanovska, Vlado Janevski   +7 more
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A Cost Analysis of All‐Staff Emails in an Australian Hospital Network (CASH Study)

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Written communication has changed dramatically in the computer era. Email use has exploded in the last three decades, from the inter‐individual level through to mass dissemination. In the workplace, it has become the default mode of communication despite very limited critical appraisal.
Arthur Samoylovich, Adam J. Frankel
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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
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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
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Substantial international variation in the cost of blood group and save and crossmatch: A systematic review

British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
Summary Blood transfusion is one of the most common interventions in hospitals. Blood tests that support this widespread practice are considered routine, such as ‘group and save’ (also known as ‘type and screen’), yet there has been very limited evaluation of the needs for these tests and the associated costs.
Gianluca Fabiano, Rafael Pinedo‐Villanueva, Shona Kirtley, Sophie Cole, Artin Manafi‐Khosroshahi, Bilal Qureshi, Isabel Singleton, Biruk Tsegaye, Wei Shao Tung, Florian Tomini, Hayley G. Evans, Mike F. Murphy, Simon J. Stanworth, Paula Dhiman, Antony J. R. Palmer   +14 more
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Stump Appendicitis following Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2011
Stump appendicitis (SA) is a rare clinicopathologic entity characterised by inflammation of the appendiceal remnant after incomplete appendectomy. The diagnosis is not routinely suspected in patients who have previously undergone appendectomy.
Suresh Parameshwarappa, Gabriel Rodrigues, Raghunath Prabhu, Charudutt Sambhaji   +3 more
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