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BACKGROUND: Neonatal appendicitis (NA) is a rare disease with a high mortality. The
diagnosis has never been reported preoperatively and is notoriously difficult to make …

Abstract Background and Aims Although appendicitis is rare in young infants, the reported
mortality is high. Primary aim of this systematic review was to provide updated insights in the …

Interventions: Four newborns in our hospital were diagnosed with neonatal appendicitis by
abdominal ultrasound. Their sonographic features were summarized and compared with …

Acute appendicitis is a common occurrence in childhood, but this diagnosis is considered
rarely in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in the neonatal period because its …

Acute appendicitis is a rare condition in neonates, with a high mortality. If perforated, it
seldom presents with radiologically significant pneumoperitoneum. An 11-day-old newborn …

Appendicitis in the neonatal period is extremely rare. Its low incidence together with non-
specific clinical symptoms often mean the diagnosis is delayed, leading to increased rates of …

Neonatal appendicitis is a very rare entity associated with immune, vascular, hypoxic, and
obstructive factors. We present two cases of neonatal appendicitis with different …

We present the first two cases of acute neonatal appendicitis operated on through the
laparoscopic approach. Acute neonatal appendicitis is uncommon and rarely considered by …

Acute perforated appendicitis is described as a rare clinical entity in 20 days old male
neonate presented clinically with features suggestive of peritonitis. Surgical exploration …