APPENDICECTOMY SPECIMENS

The value of routine histopathological examination of appendicectomy specimens

BACKGROUND Appendicectomy specimens removed from patients with suspected acute appendicitis often appear macroscopically normal but histopathological analysis of these cases may reveal a more sinister underlying pathology. We evaluated histopathological reports of 1225 appendicectomy specimens at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) over the past three years. METHODS Histopathol...

Histopathological examination of appendicectomy specimens at a district hospital of Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Appendicectomy for acute appendicitis is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. Acute appendicitis has remained a clinical entity and an ongoing diagnostic challenge. A retrospective study was performed to determine histological diagnosis, demographic data, the rate of perforated appendicitis and negative appendicectomies. METHODS Histopathological re...

Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Negative appendicectomy and perforation rates after laparoscopic appendicectomy

1Department of Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery and Transplantation, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland, 2University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and 3Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to: Professor U. Güller, Department of Surgery, Division of Visceral Surgery and Transplantation, University of Be...

Appendicitis and Appendicectomy