Immediate appendectomy for appendiceal mass

Appendiceal carcinoid tumours: indications for right hemicolectomy and appendectomy

Neuroendocrine tumours are a heterogonous group of tumours with a wide variety of clinical presentations. They arise from enterochromaffin cells located in neuroendocrine tissue throughout the body. Neuroendocrine tissue is derived from cells which migrated from the neural crest to the gastrointestinal endoderm. There are many types of NETs, phaeochromocytoma’s, small cell carcinoma’s of the lu...

Use of Transfixion of Appendiceal Root with Purse Embedding of Appendiceal Stump in Appendectomy.

Management of appendiceal mass.

BACKGROUND The management of appendiceal mass is surrounded with controversy. Traditional management has been conservative, with interval appendicectomy performed weeks after the mass had resolved. This remains the most common approach at many centers in the world. Recently, an increasing number of studies have challenged this approach. This article reviews some of the controversial issues in t...

Therapeutic effectiveness of percutaneous drainage and factors for performing an interval appendectomy in pediatric appendiceal abscess

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 ...

Minimally invasive appendectomy for resection of appendiceal mucocele: Case series and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION Appendiceal mucoceles encompass neoplastic and non-neoplastic causes of a distended Appendix filled with mucus. Appendectomy is recommended when an appendiceal mucocele is identified, incidentally or otherwise, in the event it is secondary to a malignancy. For an intact mucocele, it is critically important to avoid rupturing the mucocele during resection, as rupture of a neoplastic...