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A systematic literature review of demographics, clinical presentation and surgical procedures performed for the appendico-umbilical fistula for the past 100 years

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2023
The persistent vitellointestinal duct (PVID) is the rarest of all the vitelline duct anomalies. The enteric end of the vitelline duct mostly connects to the terminal ileum.
Rajendra Kumar Ghritlaharey
doaj   +1 more source

THE CRAZE FOR APPENDICECTOMY [PDF]

BMJ, 1913
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openaire   +2 more sources

Lower Leg Compartment Syndrome after Appendicectomy [PDF]

, 2015
A 10-year-old boy presented with severe left lower leg pain, uncontrolled with increasing analgesia after appendicectomy. A diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome was made after a delayed referral to the orthopaedic service.
Patrick J. Kiely, Colm Murphy, Shane C. O’Neill, Darren F. Lui   +3 more
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Surgical emergency presentation in a private teaching hospital in Nigeria: A 2- year review

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2018
BACKGROUND: Pattern of admissions into the accident and emergency units vary worldwide with most studies showing surgical preponderance. Unlike the outcome of our study that showed more of medical cases, another study done in University College Hospital (
E O Onuoha Clement, I Njoku Emmanuel, Ogundipe Moyosore, Uche Uchenna, Onuoha Kelechukwu   +4 more
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Spectrum of Histopathological Lesions in Appendicectomy Specimens

Journal of Medical Sciences and Health
Introduction : Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency and appendicectomy is routinely performed worldwide. The peak incidence of acute appendicitis is seen in teens and early 20s. It is more common in males than females. Around 20%
Mukta Saini, Mayank Agrawal, Madhvi Sanwelka, Rachit Batra, Kalpana Sankhala   +4 more
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Procedure of choice in a patient initially operated for a suspected epithelial appendiceal neoplasm

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
In patients operated for a suspected appendiceal neoplasm, radical appendectomy is the procedure of choice because it provides definitive treatment in most of appendiceal neoplasms, except from mucinous or colonic‐type adenocarcinoma and NET>2 cm.
Antigoni Xenou, Eugenia Vranou, Konstantinos A. Boulas, Maria Nathanailidou, Eytyxia Kyriakidou, Konstantinos Sitaridis, Isaac Filippidis, Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis   +7 more
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Retained portion of the appendix following laparosocpic appendicectomy causing peritonitis and ileus

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2011
We describe a patient who developed peritonitis and paralytic ileus due to a retained portion of the inflammed appendix following laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA).
B P Gouda, R T Kochar, R S Shah
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Protective role of appendicectomy on onset and severity of ulcerative colitis and Chron's disease [PDF]

, 2002
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Recent studies on appendicectomy rates in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease have generally not addressed the effect of appendicectomy on disease characteristics.
Purdie, D.M., Newman, B.M., Martin, N.G., Green, A., Edwards, J.E., Watson, M., Florin, T.H., Radford-Smith, G.L., Pandeya, N.   +8 more
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Comparison of Nationwide Volumes for Five Major Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures in Japan: Implications From Publicly Available NCD and NDB Open Data

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim In Japan, the National Clinical Database (NCD), a clinician‐reported registry, and the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan Open Data (NDB Open Data), an administrative claims database, are both widely used as nationwide surgical databases, but their consistency in capturing national surgical ...
Atomu Kiriyama, Masakazu Fujii, Toshimichi Asano, Satoshi Hirano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negative Appendicectomies in Young Female Patients with High Clinical  Suspicion of Acute Appendicitis

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Objective: To determine negative appendicectomies, both open and laparoscopic, in young female patients with high clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis (Alvarado Score ≥7).
Umer Naeem, Muhammad Waseem Anwar, Fatima Farooq, Tariq Mukhtar Farani, Muhammad Danial Yousaf, Muhammad Saqlain   +5 more
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