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 Ostre zapalenie wyrostka robaczkowego jest najczęstszą ostrą chorobą jamy brzusznej u dzieci wymagającą leczenia chirurgicznego. Charakteryzuje się ostrym bólem brzucha, wymiotami oraz gorączką. W ostatnim czasie łączone z wieloukładową zakaźną związaną zakażeniem SARS-Cov-2.
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Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare globally and several authors have observed a change in the presentation of acute appendicitis within period. We an upsurge complicated first 4 weeks 2021. aim to compare our findings with similar period prior pandemic.
 Study design: Observational cohort study.
 Place duration study: Benue State University Teaching Hospital(BSUTH), Maku...

conclusions surgical wound infections are less common by using reusable retrieval bag during laparoscopic appendectomy procedure. also, using reusable retrieval bag has less cost. patients and methods one hundred twenty laparoscopic appendectomies performed over one year, were included in this retrospective study. the patients were divided into 2 group; group a was the one in which la was done ...

Introduction Appendicitis is the most common intraabdominal disorder that requires emergency surgery, with a 6% lifetime risk. At the end of 20th Century, appendicitis still remains a clinical entity and an ongoing diagnostic dilemma as the presentation may be atypical. Recent literature reports rates of normal appendix removal ranging from 9% to 40%. These results are not different from earlie...

Postoperative small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common complication of appendectomy. This study aimed to assess risk factors for SBO following appendectomy.This retrospective cohort study used the 2006 to 2008 Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. We evaluated adult patients with acute appendicitis who underwent open (OA) or laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) between January 1, 2006 ...

A rapid and reliable test for detection of complicated appendicitis would be useful when deciding whether emergency surgery is required. We investigated the clinical usefulness of procalcitonin for identifying acute complicated appendicitis. We retrospectively analyzed 63 patients aged ≥15 years who underwent appendectomy without receiving antibiotics before admission and had preoperative data ...

BACKGROUND In patients with suspected appendicitis, laparoscopic appendectomy is gaining increasing acceptance primarily because it is associated with less postoperative pain and a shorter hospital stay. Experience with 55 consecutive laparoscopic appendectomies, performed without conversion by the same surgeon, is herein examined and analyzed. METHODS The medical records of 55 consecutive pa...