BACKGROUND In this study, we studied the therapeutic effectiveness of percutaneous drainage with antibiotics and the need for an interval appendectomy for treating appendiceal abscess in children with a research-oriented dataset released by the Bureau of National Health Insurance in Taiwan through the Collaboration Center for Health Information Application (CCHIA). METHODS We identified 1225 ...

Angiosarcomas of the small intestine are rare and present non-specifically. They usually manifest with abdominal discomfort, altered bowel habits, anaemia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis is often challenging and occurs at an advanced tumour stage. We describe a case of a terminal ileum angiosarcoma masquerading as an appendiceal abscess, and discuss salient clinicopathological feature...

INTRODUCTION Acute appendicitis is significantly common. Despite the increased use of computed tomography, the number of perforated cases has been stable in the past three decades. Between 2% and 6% of patients with acute appendicitis present appendiceal mass, often described as inflammatory phlegmon or abscess. Malignant tumors are confirmed by pathological analysis in 0.9-1.4% of all appendec...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to determine which clinical symptoms/signs and computed tomography (CT) signs can help in distinguishing ruptured from simple appendicitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records and CT findings of 202 consecutive patients with surgically proven acute appendicitis were retrospectively reviewed and compared between 2 groups with and without appendiceal r...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Laparoscopic appendectomy is an accepted way of dealing with suspected uncomplicated appendicitis in children. The role of laparoscopy in complicated acute appendicitis is more controversial. The purpose of this trial was to compare laparoscopic appendectomy with open appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis. METHODS A total of 102 children with suspected acut...

Acute appendicitis is the one of the most common conditions requiring surgical intervention, and an appendiceal abscess or phlegmon has an incidence rate of about 3.8% among patients with a perforated appendicitis [1]. An immediate appendectomy for the treatment of a periappendiceal abscess (PAA) or phlegmon is technically demanding with adhesive loops of the bowel and a distorted anatomy, and ...

Appendiceal orifice inflammation (AOI) is observed as skip lesion in distal ulcerative colitis (UC). The endoscopic frequency of AOI is reported to be 7.9% to 76% of distal colitis. UC is a relapsing and remitting disease and a morphological change of the large bowel occurs over time. Patient and physician can easily understand the shape of the whole large bowel not through endoscopic photograp...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic appendectomy remains one of the most common emergency general surgical procedures in the United States. In an era of increasing focus on costs in medical care, we sought to evaluate the use of polymeric clips to secure the appendiceal base during laparoscopic appendectomy. METHODS We performed a prospective cohort study of patients undergoing laparoscopi...