Appendicitis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Appendicitis, including details on symptoms, surgery, causes, treatment.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 2 (February)

1. Acute appendicitis due to appendiceal obstruction from a migrated biliary stent.
   Am J Gastroenterol, 102(1): 195-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Routine versus selective abdominal computed tomography scan in the evaluation of right lower quadrant pain: a randomized controlled trial.
   Acad Emerg Med, 14(2): 117-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Atypical clinical features of pediatric appendicitis.
   Acad Emerg Med, 14(2): 124-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(2): 395-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Non-patient factors related to rates of ruptured appendicitis.
   Br J Surg, 94(2): 214-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Immunohistological findings of suppurative granulomas of Yersinia enterocolitica appendicitis: A report of two cases.
   Pathol Res Pract, 203(2): 115-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Clinical prediction rule to distinguish pelvic inflammatory disease from acute appendicitis in women of childbearing age.
   Am J Emerg Med, 25(2): 152-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. An unusual extraction; retrieval of a swallowed crown by appendicectomy.
   Br Dent J, 202(3): 141-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Nonoperative management of perforated appendicitis in children: can CT predict outcome?
   Pediatr Radiol, 37(3): 251-255. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Neutrophil extracellular traps: casting the NET over pathogenesis.
    Curr Opin Microbiol, 10(1): 52-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Surgical treatment of malignant carcinoid tumours of the appendix.
    Int J Clin Pract, 61(3): 431-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Comparison of therapeutic effectiveness of percutaneous drainage with antibiotics versus antibiotics alone in the treatment of periappendiceal abscess: is appendectomy always necessary after perforation of appendix?
    Surg Endosc, 21(3): 461-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Primary torsion of the greater omentum: case report--review of literature: diagnosis cannot always be performed before surgery.
    Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech, 17(1): 54-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Examination under anesthesia prior laparoscopic appendicectomy: does it change the approach?
    Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech, 17(1): 26-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Surgery for right-sided colonic diverticulitis: results of a 10-year-observation period.
    Langenbecks Arch Surg, 392(2): 143-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Alternative diagnoses of acute appendicitis on helical CT with intravenous and rectal contrast.
    Clin Imaging, 31(2): 77-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Laparoscopy in the contemporary management of acute appendicitis.
    Am J Surg, 193(3): 310-3; discussion 313-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Non-obstetrical acute abdomen during pregnancy.
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 131(1): 4-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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