Solitary caecal diverticulum is an uncommon entity and therefore difficult to diagnose except at surgery. Caecal diverticulitis is an infrequent cause of acute abdomen and usually presents in a manner similar to acute appendicitis. It is extremely difficult to differentiate it preoperative from acute appendicitis and such distinction is usually made in the operating room. The optimal management...

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is a known complication of laparotomy; however, the literature is lacking in regards to treatment of this entity in pregnant patients. We present a case of acute perforated appendicitis in a second trimester primagravida, complicated by gangrenous necrosis of the contiguous bowel with subsequent development of ACS and intra-abdominal sepsis. This was treated...

2016, Vol. 105(1) 3 –4 © The Finnish Surgical Society 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1457496916632188 sjs.sagepub.com All surgeons during their residency perform appendectomy as it is the most common emergency surgery procedure worldwide. It has been taught for decades that appendicitis is a surgical emergency requiring prompt appendectomy to p...

In the past decade, the clinical evaluation of patients with suspected appendicitis has dramatically improved in speed and accuracy due to the focused appendiceal CT developed at Massachusetts General Hospital. Clinical signs and laboratory tests are not sufficiently accurate to unequivocally diagnose or rule out appendicitis. Because of the seriousness of a perforated appendix, prior to the av...

Aim: The accurate diagnosis of acute appendicitis can be achieved by a combination evaluation clinical symptoms, physical examination findings and history taking, but is still challenging for the clinician. Some biochemical markers have been evaluated purpose increasing diagnostic accuracy rate appendicitis. In this study, our aim to evaluate value thiol-disulfide levels IMA, in pediatric patie...

Objective: Acute Appendicitis encounters as the frequent problem in surgical pediatric patients leading to Appendectomy, being one of most common procedures performed Emergency. During COVID-19 pandemic, trends management acute appendicitis have changed. Conservative with antibiotics is proposed an alternative conventional appendectomy. So, this study conducted compare presentation and outcome ...