INTRODUCTION Acute appendicitis is the most frequently observed disease requiring emergency surgery. The role of parasites in its pathogenesis has long been discussed. The signs of the parasitic infestations can mimic the signs of acute appendicitis. Therefore, it can cause a negative laparotomy. AIM To evaluate the parasitic infestations of the appendix vermiformis whether increas the rate o...

objectives: to evaluate the short-term outcome of open appendectomy, the rate of negative appendectomy as well as pathology reports after surgery in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. methods: this was a retrospective cross-sectional study being performed in nemazee hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical science during a 2-year period between 2008 and 2010. the medical r...

Background: Appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal emergency. Some predictive scoring systems are recommended to decrease the rate of negative appendectomy. Aim: To evaluate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of modified Alvarado score in children who underwent appendectomy. Methods: Four hundred children with initial diagnosis of ap...

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...

Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) has a lifetime risk of 8.3% with consequent 23% emergency appendectomy. In atypical presentation, making clinical diagnosis is difficult, leading to high perforation rate (PR) or misdiagnoses and negativeappendectomy rates (NAR). This study aimed establish NAR explore the associated factors possible attainable solutions reduce it in urban referral hospitals T...

BACKGROUND Removal of the appendix might induce physiological changes in the gastrointestinal tract, and subsequently play a role in carcinogenesis. Therefore, we conducted a nationwide register-based cohort study in Sweden to investigate whether appendectomy is associated with altered risks of gastrointestinal cancers. METHODS A population-based cohort study was conducted using the Swedish n...