BACKGROUND Diagnostic approach for complicated appendicitis is still controversial. We planned this study to analyze preoperative laboratory markers that may predict complications of appendicitis. METHODS Patients who underwent appendectomy were retrospectively recruited. They were divided into complicated appendicitis and non-complicated appendicitis groups and their preoperative laboratory ...

Introduction: acute appendicitis is the major surgical abdominal disease in emergency departments and is also among the five leading causes of litigation against emergency physicians. Delayed diagnosis of appendicitis is more likely to occur in patients, who present atypically, and those lack a thorough physical examination, or those received intramuscular narcotic analgesia. The aim of this st...

  Background Recent studies indicate increased serum amylase in children with acute appendicitis. The objective of the current study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of raised serum amylase level in prediction of perforated appendicitis in children with acute appendicitis. Materials and Methods In this cross-sectional study, 61 children (aged 3 to 15 years) who underwent appendectomy su...

Since superior mesenteric vein thrombosis (SMVT) is a relatively rare disease and shows no specific symptom, its diagnosis tends to be delayed. In this report, we present a patient in whom acute appendicitis was complicated by SMVT and portal vein thrombosis (PVT). A definitive diagnosis could be made by abdominal contrast-enhanced CT, and acute appendicitis was surgically treated. Anticoagulan...

Laporoscopic appendectomy (LA) has advantages over open appendectomy (OA) in terms of shorter length of hospital stay, less superficial surgical site infection, and better cosmetics in patients with non-complicated appendicitis (NCA) (1, 2). However controversy still exists, particularly in complicated appendicitis (CA) which is described as a perforated appendix with or without abscess formati...