introduction: diagnostic values reported for ultrasonographic screening of acute appendicitis vary widely and are dependent on the operator’s skill, patient’s gender, weight, etc. the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of operator skill on the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in detection of appendicitis by comparing the results of ultrasonography done by radiologists and emergenc...

There are many kinds of unusual presentations or associations and clinical mimics of acute appendicitis, and definitive diagnosis requires knowledge of the imaging findings in some cases. The unusual presentations and associations of acute appendicitis included in this study are perforated appendicitis, acute appendicitis occurring in hernias, acute appendicitis with cystic endosalpingiosis, in...

abstract background: misdiagnosis of the acute appendicitis may increase the rate of negative appendectomies, which involve a huge waste of resources and are sometimes associated with severe complications. furthermore, false negative result of ultrasonography (us) could lead to perforation of appendix. since ultrasonography is still the most common imaging technique used in iranian appendicitis...

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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of oxidative stress including total oxidant status, total antioxidant status, and paraoxonase activity in patients with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. METHODS Seventy-three patients who underwent surgery with a preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis (Group I) were included into the study. The control group (Group II) con...

  Objective(s): Appendicitis remains the most common condition in the pediatric population requiring emergency abdominal operation. Management of acute simple appendicitis is well described but controversy remains as to the optimal treatment of complicated appendicitis. Common complications of acute appendicitis include: localized peritonitis and abscess formation, flegmon and general perito...

intra-abdominal hernias are rare conditions usually secondary to congenital defects, with pericecal hernias accounting for a minority of them. they can be difficult to diagnose due to non-specific presentations but may lead to strangulation and thus require early management. we herein report a rare case of pericecal hernia with gangrenous appendicitis in an 88 year-old lady presenting with feat...

background and objective: in the present study, the diagnostic agreement between surgical and pathological findings of appendicitis in children was tested. the aim was to assess the association between patient body mass index (bmi) and this diagnostic agreement. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 121 consecutive children aged less than 15 years suspected to acute appendiciti...

background:   understanding the etiology of appendicitis is important for developing effective treatments the rela­tionship between parasitic appendicitis and various socio-cultural factors were examined, particu­larly with respect to the incidence of literacy. the aim of the article was to research the relations between para­sitic appendicitis and literacy ratio in population. methods : cases ...

background:   acute appendicitis with appendicial endometriosis is a very infrequently encountered condition during pregnancy. decidualization is the hypertrophy of endometrial stromal cells by the effect of progesterone. similarly, in pregnancy, ectopic stromal endometrial cells in endometriosis can also be transformed by the same mechanism and ectopic decidua (deciduosis) may occur case: here...