AIMS AND BACKGROUND Carcinoids of the appendix continue to be of interest, despite their low incidence. There is still considerable controversy surrounding these tumors, especially with regard to the role of right hemicolectomy in the surgical management. The aim of this work was to explicate the current therapeutic knowledge and to review the criteria for the indications of appendectomy or hem...

Background Appendectomy is considered the gold standard treatment for acute appendicitis. Recently the need for surgery has been challenged in both adults and children. In children there is growing clinician, patient and parental interest in non-operative treatment of acute appendicitis with antibiotics as opposed to surgery. To date no multicentre randomised controlled trials that are appropri...

Abstract Aim Emergency appendectomy is one of the most common emergency procedures done. Negative rates vary and aim was to identify rate it at a DGH. Method Appendectomy cases small regional hospital were during 2-year period (2017-2018) included. Elective interval appendectomies excluded. Histopathology findings noted. Results 78 patient had an appendectomy, which 87% (n = 68) done laparoscop...

the main goal of this report was to share with clinicians an atypical presentation of pulmonary thromboembolism (pte) in a young male`s post-appendectomy, whom he had no significant predisposing factors for such disease. the case also introduced for re-examining the challenges of pte clinical manifestations which may mimic other differential diagnosis. pte is an abrupt blockage of the pulmonary...

When an emergency medicine physician evaluates a child with abdominal pain and a history of appendectomy, appendicitis is often excluded from the differential. We present a case of a 16 year-old boy who developed stump appendicitis 3 years after laparoscopic appendectomy. Knowledge of this rare phenomenon in children can lead to timely diagnosis and avoid the significant additional morbidity as...

Introduction: Laparoscopy has proven to be safe for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Case Description: We report a case of a rare occurrence of small-bowel volvulus after laparoscopic appendectomy. Discussion: Moreover, laparoscopy has a number of advantages when compared with open surgery, including faster recovery and shorter length of stay. N...

Summary Background The most frequent abdominal surgery performed for benign disease in females of fertile age is appendectomy, which remains among the common surgeries and a possible cause peritoneal adhesions. fact that appendectomy can adhesions may lead one to think this be relevant risk factor infertility; however, there no universal agreement regarding association between fertility. aim re...