Background: Acute appendicitis in the pediatric population remains a diagnostic challenge
for clinicians. Despite many biochemical markers, imaging modalities and scoring systems …

Objective: Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common surgical emergencies and
causes of acute abdominal pain in the pediatric population. However, it can be difficult to …

Introduction: Since early 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic and statutory preventive
reorganization of treatment capacities with cancellation of elective surgery as well as curfew …

Background Appendectomy is the gold standard for treatment of acute appendicitis.
However, recent studies favor primary antibiotic therapy. The aim of this observational study …

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the diagnostic utility of serum leucine-rich α-2-
glycoprotein 1 (LRG1) in pediatric patients with acute abdominal pain, admitted to the …

The global COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown in Germany had an impact
on all areas of social life. In a single-center study, we were able to demonstrate a statistically …

Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common emergencies in general surgery.
The gold standard treatment is surgery. Complications may occur during or after an …

Background: Appendicitis is a frequent condition, with peak incidences in the second
decade of life. Its pathogenesis is under debate, but bacterial infections are crucial, and …

This meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCT) aimed to compare peritoneal irrigation
followed by suction with aspiration only during laparoscopic surgery for complicated …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most important causes of
acute abdominal pain in children who are admitted to the pediatric emergency department …