BACKGROUND Appendicitis is a common cause of emergency surgery that in the population undergoing organ transplantation presents a rare incidence due to late diagnosis and treatment. AIM To report the occurrence of acute appendicitis in a cohort of liver transplant recipients. METHODS Retrospective analysis in a period of 12 years among 925 liver transplants, in witch five cases of acute app...

Background: Appendicitis is the commonest abdominal surgical emergency in world which may lead to complications like appendicular abscess or mass, gangrene, perforation and peritonitis. Present research aimed evaluate wellbeing effectiveness of laparoscopy for managing complicated appendicitis.
 Material methods: study was carried out on 50 patients at tertiary care institution Chhattisgar...

Background: Laparoscopic appendectomy is the most frequent on-call surgery done as an emergency. We evaluated the outcome of extending the period from admission till surgery for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adults. Methods: A retrospective study of all patients who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy in our department between 2000 and 2010 was conducted. The patients were operated upon b...

Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of the acute abdomen requiring surgery with life time risk of ~7% which is maximal in childhood and declines steadily with age as the lymphoid tissue and vascularity atrophy [1,2]. Surgery for the acute abdomen caused by Appendicitis only evolved when the mortality associated with perforated appendicitis was found to be high. Conservative treatment wi...

BACKGROUND Although numerous epidemiological studies on appendicitis have been conducted worldwide, only a few studies have paid attention to the effect of socioeconomic status on appendicitis, particularly studies focusing on the low-income population (LIP). METHODS We analyzed the epidemiological features of appendicitis in Taiwan using data from the National Health Insurance Research Datab...

Introduction It can be challenging to perform an appendectomy laparoscopically in patients with complicated appendicitis severe inflammation or perforation of the appendix base. This study aimed introduce a simple alternative surgical treatment that used safely difficult cases. Case presentation We retrospectively reviewed medical records 14 who underwent laparoscopic partial resection cecum li...

Anaphylactic shock due to unruptured hydatid cyst is a rare complication of hepatic echinococcosis. Here, we present an unusual case of unruptured hydatid cyst causing anaphylactic shock followed by appendicitis, ileus, and complicated by septic condition due to multiple intrahospital infections. Decision of the surgical cyst removal at the right moment and appropriate antimicrobial treatment a...

Introduction: Once patients present with pain in the right lower quadrant, one of most common surgical conditions that they have to treat is acute appendicitis. Our aim study value preoperative C - reactive protein and total leucocyte count diagnosing appendicitis correlate its grading as compared Histopathological reports.Material Methods: This hospital based retrospective comparative conducte...