Stump appendicitis: a myth that can become reality

Stump appendicitis. Underrated reality?

'Stump appendicitis': postappendectomy appendicitis.

To cite: Zachariah SK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014208544 DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old woman presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting of 3 days duration. She had undergone laparotomy for appendicular perforation 25 years earlier. She had recurrent episodes of abdominal pain for the past 5 years and was being treated as a case of adhesi...

Stump Appendicitis: A Surgeon's Dilemma

BACKGROUND Stump appendicitis is defined by the recurrent inflammation of the residual appendix after the appendix has been only partially removed during an appendectomy for appendicitis. Forty-eight cases of stump appendicitis were identified in the English literature. DATABASE The institutional CPT codes were evaluated for multiple hits of the appendectomy code, yielding a total of 3 patien...

Can Coronavirus Become a Social Stigma?

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Molecular classification of colorectal cancer: a dream that can become a reality.

Despite thousands of studies about colorectal cancer (CRC) as much as extensively usage of prognostic antibodies÷genes and clinical trials that include the newest targeted drugs, this tumor still remains in the top of both incidence and cancer-related mortality. In this review, we intended to correlate our experience in field of colorectal cancer with the literature data and to present our visi...