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 7 (2010), Issue 9 (September)

1. Single-access transumbilical laparoscopic appendectomy and cholecystectomy using new curved reusable instruments: a pilot feasibility study.
   Surg Endosc. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Prolonged Antibiotic Treatment does not Prevent Intra-Abdominal Abscesses in Perforated Appendicitis.
   World J Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Rectus sheath hematoma caused by non-contact strenuous exercise mimicking acute appendicitis.
   J Emerg Med, 39(3): e117-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Prevention of postoperative peritoneal adhesions: a review of the literature.
   Am J Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Systematic review of blunt abdominal trauma as a cause of acute appendicitis.
   Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 92(6): 477-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Unexpected findings at diagnostic laparoscopy: caecal incarceration with concurrent appendicitis in a patient with bilateral broad ligament defects.
   Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 92(6): W19-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Appendicitis in an incisional hernia after radical nephrectomy: a case report.
   Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 92(6): W23-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Open versus laparoscopic treatment for pan-peritonitis secondary to perforated appendicitis in children: a prospective analysis.
   J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A, 20(7): 655-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Does access to care affect outcomes of appendicitis in children?--A population-based cohort study.
   BMC Health Serv Res, 10: 250. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Routine ultrasound and limited computed tomography for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
    World J Surg, 34(10): 2278-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Appendicitis in Childhood: Correlation of Clinical Data with Histopathological Findings.
    Klin Padiatr. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Prevention of infectious complications after laparoscopic appendectomy for complicated acute appendicitis-the role of routine abdominal drainage.
    Langenbecks Arch Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Predictors of Non-Diagnostic Ultrasound Scanning in Children with Suspected Appendicitis.
    J Pediatr. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of appendicitis in adults: a meta-analysis.
    Acad Radiol, 17(10): 1211-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Sunflower rectal bezoar presenting with an acute abdomen in a 3-year-old child.
    Pediatr Emerg Care, 26(9): 662-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The accuracy of emergency medicine and surgical residents in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
    Am J Emerg Med, 28(7): 766-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Impact of AITS laparoscopic training center on surgeons' preference for appendectomy.
    Surg Endosc, 24(9): 2210-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. The significance of occult carcinoids in the era of laparoscopic appendectomies.
    Surg Endosc, 24(9): 2197-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. The Martian chronicles: remotely guided diagnosis and treatment in the arctic circle.
    Surg Endosc, 24(9): 2170-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis at 222 ACS NSQIP hospitals.
    Surgery, 148(4): 625-35; discussion 635-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Transumbilical laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis: a reliable one-port procedure.
    Surg Endosc. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis: a metaanalysis.
    Surg Endosc. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Impact of an Outpatient Appendectomy Protocol on Clinical Outcomes and Cost: A Case-Control Study.
    J Am Coll Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Value of initial radiological investigations in patients admitted to hospital with appendicitis, acute gallbladder disease or acute pancreatitis.
    Emerg Med J, 27(10): 754-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Dollars and sense of interval appendectomy in children: a cost analysis.
    J Pediatr Surg, 45(9): 1817-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Granulomatous appendicitis in a 12-year-old boy.
    J Pediatr Surg, 45(9): e27-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Acute appendicitis in latino children: do health disparities exist?
    J Surg Res, 163(2): 290-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Perforation in adults with acute appendicitis linked to insurance status, not ethnicity.
    J Surg Res, 163(2): 221-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in complicated appendicitis: a review of the NSQIP database.
    J Surg Res, 163(2): 225-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Effect of delay to operation on outcomes in adults with acute appendicitis.
    Arch Surg, 145(9): 886-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Mesenteric appendicitis strangulating small bowel: an exceptional internal herniation.
    Hernia. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Treatment of acute appendicitis with one-port transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy: a six-year, single-centre experience.
    Afr J Paediatr Surg, 7(3): 169-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Alvarado score as an admission criterion in children with pain in right iliac fossa.
    Afr J Paediatr Surg, 7(3): 163-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Increased incidence of negative appendectomy in childhood obesity.
    Pediatr Surg Int, 26(10): 959-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Pylephlebitis: Keep it in your differential diagnosis.
    Am J Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Surgical management of acute right lower-quadrant pain in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study.
    J Am Coll Surg, 211(4): 490-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. A retrospective study of two-port appendectomy and its comparison with open appendectomy and three-port appendectomy.
    Saudi J Gastroenterol, 16(4): 268-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Comparison of Pediatric Laparoscopic Appendectomy Outcomes Between Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitals: A Multi-Institutional Study.
    J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Transumbilical Laparoscopically Assisted Appendectomy: An Alternative Minimally Invasive Technique in Pediatric Patients.
    J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Effect of the Alvarado score on the diagnostic accuracy of right iliac fossa pain in an emergency.
    Trop Doct. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Laparoscopy-Assisted Single-Port Appendectomy in Children: Is the Postoperative Infectious Complication Rate Different?
    J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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