Background The removal of the acute appendix is one of the most frequently performed
surgical procedures. Open surgery associated with therapeutic efficacy has been the …

Appendicitis is a common cause of abdominal pain in children. The diagnosis and treatment
of the disease have undergone major changes in the past two decades, primarily as a result …

Unequivocal international guidelines regarding the diagnosis and management of patients
with acute appendicitis are lacking. The aim of the consensus meeting 2015 of the EAES …

Evolution and Current Trends in the Management of Acute Appendicitis - Surgical Clinics
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Importance The step after conservative treatment of periappendicular abscess arouses
controversy, ranging from recommendations to abandon interval appendectomy based on …

Perforated appendicitis, as defined by a visible hole in the appendix or an appendicolith free
within the abdomen, carries significant morbidity in the pediatric population. Accurate …

Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children. 1 The lifetime risk of
developing appendicitis is 7% to 8%, with a peak incidence in the teenage years. 2 It is …

Objective: We hypothesized that immediate laparoscopic surgery for appendiceal abscess
would result in faster recovery than conservative treatment. Background: On the basis of the …

Appendicitis is a common problem; there are more than 300,000 hospital discharges for
appendicitis in the United States per year. 1 Although the clinical scenario of periumbilical …

Acute appendicitis has been considered by surgeons a progressive disease leading to
perforation for more than 100 years. In the last decades the theories about this concept …