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A clinical prediction model for complicated appendicitis in children younger than five years of age

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background No reliably specific method for complicated appendicitis has been identified in children younger than five years of age. This study aimed to analyze the independent factors for complicated appendicitis in children younger than five years of ...
Wei Feng, Xu-Feng Zhao, Miao-Miao Li, Hua-Lei Cui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Postcolonoscopy Appendicitis: A Delayed Complication [PDF]

Cureus, 2020
Colonoscopy is a procedure that enables a physician (usually a gastroenterologist) to directly image and examine the entire colon. It has both diagnostic and therapeutic benefits with a relatively low morbidity rate. Complications have been well described in the literature.
Mujtaba Mohamed, Abbas Alshami, Alsadiq Al Hillan, Faizan Arif, Diane Chien   +4 more
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Circulating fibrocyte percentage and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio are accurate biomarkers of uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis: a prospective cohort study

International Journal of Surgery, 2023
Background: There is increasing evidence that uncomplicated appendicitis (UA) may be treated nonoperatively in cases of UA. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy of circulating fibrocyte percentage (CFP), white blood cell count,
M. Zarog, P. O'leary, M. Kiernan, Jarlath Bolger, P. Tibbitts, Stephen Coffey, G. Byrnes, C. Peirce, C. Dunne, C. Coffey   +9 more
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Amyand's hernia complicated with appendicitis

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, 2021
Introduction: The finding of a vermiform appendix within the peritoneal sac of an indirect inguinal hernia occurs in approximately 1% of cases. However, the presence of appendicitis within an inguinal hernial sac is found only in 0.08% of the general population.Case report: We present the case of a 58-year-old male patient that was admitted with ...
Ignacio Fuente, Federico Mazzini, Franco Alejandro Corvatta, Fanny Rodriguez Santos   +3 more
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A new, simple marker for predicting complicated appendicitis in patients with normal white blood cell count indicator; LUC %

Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, 2023
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of a new marker that could be easily obtained to differentiate between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis in a patients with a white blood cell (WBC) count within the normal range ...
E. Çetinkaya, Şükrü Melih Bayazıtlı, Abidin Göktaş, Tezcan Akın, Özgür Akgül, Sadettin Er, E. Hamamcı, H. Berkem, B. Yüksel, M. Tez   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of urine analysis in adults with simple and complicated appendicitis

Ankara Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is one of the common abdominal emergencies. We aimed in this study to evaluate whether routine urinalysis may use in discriminating between simple appendicitis and complicated appendicitis in the emergency department ...
Handan Özen Olcay, Emine Emektar, Meral Tandoğan, Tuba Şafak, Hakan Bulus, Yunsur Cevik   +5 more
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Incidence of Complicated Appendicitis during the COVID-19 Pandemic versus the Pre-Pandemic Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 2782 Pediatric Appendectomies

Diagnostics, 2022
Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted volume, management strategies and patient outcomes of acute appendicitis. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate whether the COVID-19 pandemic resulted
Z. Pogorelić, S. Anand, Tomislav Žuvela, Apoorv Singh, Zvonimir Križanac, Nellai Krishnan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Usefulness of several factors and clinical scoring models in preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe preoperative distinction between uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis is important to determine the appropriate treatments, such as antibiotics, surgery, or interval appendectomy.
Kenji Fujiwara, Atsushi Abe, Toshihiro Masatsugu, Tatsuya Hirano, Kiyohisa Hiraka, Masayuki Sada   +5 more
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Pericarditis as complication of appendicitis

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2004
Pericarditis as a complication of appendicitis is a rare event. In a 25-year period we encountered two pediatric cases with this severe complication due to (a)typical presentation of appendicitis resulting in small bowel obstruction, intraabdominal abscesses, constrictive pericarditis, and purulent pericarditis.
Tan, E.C.T.H., Rieu, P.N.M.A., Nijveld, A., Backx, A.P.C.M., Meis, J.F.G.M., Severijnen, R.S.V.M.   +5 more
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The necessity of abdominal drainage for patients with complicated appendicitis undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy: a retrospective cohort study

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2022
Background This study aimed to evaluate the necessity of abdominal drainage after laparoscopic appendectomy in patients with complicated appendicitis. Methods Patients with acute appendicitis undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy at two hospitals between ...
Yu-Tso Liao, John Huang, Chia-Tung Wu, Pei-Chen Chen, Tsung-Ting Hsieh, F. Lai, Tzu‐Chun Chen, Jinghan Liang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source