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Can Artificial Intelligence Revolutionise Surgical Decision-Making for Appendectomy? A Narrative Review

open access: yesSurgical Innovation
Introduction Acute appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen in secondary care. Despite advancements in diagnostics, misdiagnosis and negative appendectomies remain significant. Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly machine learning (ML) and deep learning, shows promise in improving diagnostic ...
Ali Murtada   +10 more
openaire   +4 more sources

PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY VS LAPAROSCOPIC CONVERTED INTO OPEN VS OPEN APPENDECTOMY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Background: Previous literature comparing the results of open appendectomy with laparoscopic appendectomy have yielded conflicting results. The present study aimed to determine the surgical site infection in patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy,
Rahul Kumar Giri   +2 more
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Patient Factors Associated With Appendectomy Within 30 Days of Initiating Antibiotic Treatment for Appendicitis

open access: yes, 2022
Importance: Use of antibiotics for the treatment of appendicitis is safe and has been found to be noninferior to appendectomy based on self-reported health status at 30 days.
Voldal, Emily C   +206 more
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ANATOMICAL VARIATION OF THE APPENDIX IN RELATION WITH APPENDECTOMY DECISION

open access: yesThe Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background:The signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis vary according to the site of the appendix; and absence of tenderness in the right iliac fossa dose not exclude appendicitis like in postileal, subhepatic and pelvic appendix.
Taqi S Atiyah
doaj   +4 more sources

Improving the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy of Acute Appendicitis. Can Fecal Calprotectin Be Helpful? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Is the patient really suffering from acute appendicitis? Right lower quadrant pain is the most common sign of acute appendicitis. However, many other bowels pathologies might mimic acute appendicitis.
Peter C Ambe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy retrospective study

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is taken into account as a standard method of performing cholecystectomy and has substituted the old method throughout the world, while laparoscopic appendectomy still not attaining that reputation. In this paper,
Talal M. Jalabneh   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Stump appendicitis: a retrospective review of 3130 consecutive appendectomy cases

open access: yesWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2018
Background Stump appendicitis is inflammation of remnant appendix tissue due to incomplete removal of the appendix. Due to appendectomy history, stump appendicitis diagnosis is usually delay and that can cause increase morbidity.
Enis Dikicier   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Following Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives

open access: yesAnnals 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
wiley   +1 more source

Kurt Semm and the fight against skepticism : endoscopic hemostasis, laparoscopic appendectomy, and Semm's impact on the "laparoscopic revolution" [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
In the 1970s, Semm developed thermocoagulation, adapted the Roeder Loop, and further invented extra- and intracoporeal endoscopic knotting to achieve endoscopic hemostasis. His numerous technical inventions, especially the electronic insufflator, allowed
Litynski, Grzegorz S.
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The Surgical Approach to Regional Anatomy (SATRA): Preserving hands‐on pre‐clerkship anatomy education through surgery‐integrated dissection and specimen preparation

open access: yesAnatomical 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
wiley   +1 more source

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