Objectives: The main aim of our study is to investigate the effectiveness laboratory markers in geriatric patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis emergency department. Methods: A total 73 cases aged over 65 who underwent appendectomy were reviewed retrospectively. Age, sex, values leukocyte count, neutrophil and lymphocyte values, platelets, serum sodium, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), al...

Appendectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures. The surgical techniques to perform appendectomy are various, ranging from the open technique, first described by Mac Burney in 1894 and which has been the gold standard for the management of acute appendicitis for more than a century, to the standard three ports laparoscopic approach described by Semm In 1983 [1]. The Port exteriorizat...

Background Acute appendicitis is the most common medical condition requiring immediate abdominal surgery.Medical ultrasound is a non-intrusive, non-expensive and available diagnostic method. In this study, the accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in hospital emergency was evaluated. Materials and Methods This retrospective cohort study was performed at Ahvaz Imam Khomeini h...

Hydronephrosis is a rare complication of acute appendicitis. We present a case of missed appendicitis in a 52-year-old female which presented as a right-sided hydronephrosis. 2 days after admission to the Department of Urology CT revealed acute appendicitis for what open appendectomy was performed. Acute appendicitis can lead to obstructive uropathy by periappendiceal inflammation due to adjace...

BACKGROUND In order to determine reliable clues for early diagnosis of acute appendicitis, this study was conducted to examine the related factors in patients with clinically suspected acute appendicitis. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 282 patients with the clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis at China Medical College Hospital in Taiwan from January to December 2000. To study the sig...

Abstract Introduction The pathophysiology of appendicitis likely stems from obstruction the appendiceal orifice leading to an increase in intraluminal and intramural pressure, resulting small vessel occlusion lymphatic stasis. Organ supplied by end artery, such as appendix, are more prone deleterious effects arterial occlusion. continuous cigarette smoking might be associated with a greater ris...

background: delay in diagnosis and treatment of perforated appendicitis may cause life-threatening complications. the aim of this study was to determine and compare pre-operative total and direct bilirubin levels in cases of simple and perforated acute appendicitis in order to improve the clinical decision making.   methods: this prospective observational study included eighty patients who unde...