BACKGROUND Resectional procedures for advanced and complicated appendicitis are performed infrequently. Their extent can vary: cecal resection, ileocecectomy, and even right hemicolectomy. We present a very rare case of appendectomy that was combined with partial ileal resection for severe necrotic changes and small perforation of the ileum. CASE REPORT A 19-year-old female patient was hospit...

AIM To evaluate the role of laparoscopy in complicated appendicitis in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 119 children were operated for appendicitis between October 2005 and May 2008 at SRMC, Chennai. Forty-one patients underwent open appendicectomy (OA), and 71 patients underwent laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA). Twenty-six cases among the LA group and 16 among the OA group had comp...

Introduction A population-based register study utilizing three Finnish National Registers was carried out to determine whether uncomplicated appendicitis, complicated appendicitis and appendectomy without are associated with a subsequent risk of requiring in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment or ectopic pregnancy among reproductive-age women. Material methods total 23 997 women who underwent f...

Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for surgery in patients admitted to hospital due to an acute abdomen. Although most are uncomplicated, about 20% of all acute appendicitis cases are complicated, leading to local or diffuse peritonitis. An urgent appendectomy is the recommended treatment for both complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis. The appendectomy, which has been the fir...

Introduction: Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in childhood. It’s a disease that can be presented with wide variety of atypical clinical features. Clinical Case: We report case 7-year-old female patient admitted for abdominal pain dating back 20 days, radiological exploration suggested right ovarian teratoma, while laparoscopic has objective an appendicular abscess. Conclusion...

BACKGROUND While retroperitoneal abscess is a known complication, hepatic portal venous gas and rectal perforation have not been reported as a concomitant sequelae of acute appendicitis. Here we report a case of a patient with a perforated appendicitis that was associated with these triad of complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS In addition to report our case, we carefully reviewed the literat...