Appendectomy
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Subject Areas on Research
- Agammaglobulinemia, neutropenia, fever, and abdominal pain.
- Amyand's hernia: a case series with critics of role of appendectomy.
- Amyand's hernia: a review.
- An evidence-based clinical protocol for diagnosis of acute appendicitis decreased the use of computed tomography in children.
- Appendectomy and Clostridium difficile colitis: relationships revealed by clinical observations and immunology.
- Appendectomy using single-incision pediatric endosurgery for acute and perforated appendicitis.
- Appendicitis, body mass index, and CT: is CT more valuable for obese patients than thin patients?
- Causes of late mortality in pediatric liver transplant recipients.
- Children with appendicitis on the US-Mexico border have socioeconomic challenges and are best served by a freestanding children's hospital.
- Complicated appendicitis--is the laparoscopic approach appropriate? A comparative study with the open approach: outcome in a community hospital setting.
- Costs and length of stay for patients with and without sickle cell disease after hysterectomy, appendectomy, or knee replacement.
- Defining the impact of resident participation on outcomes after appendectomy.
- Emerging Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Pros and Cons.
- Hospital bill in open and laparoscopic appendectomy.
- Incidence of postoperative intraabdominal abscesses in open versus laparoscopic appendectomies.
- Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients.
- Interval laparoscopic appendectomy for appendicitis complicated by pylephlebitis.
- Intestinal malrotation in neonates with nonbilious emesis.
- Irrigation versus suction alone during laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: a prospective randomized trial.
- Laparoscopic Extracorporeal Appendectomy in Overweight and Obese Children.
- Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly.
- Laparoscopic appendectomy outcomes on the weekend and during the week are no different: a national study of 151,774 patients.
- Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: outcomes comparison based on a large administrative database.
- Laparoscopy is safe among patients with congestive heart failure undergoing general surgery procedures.
- Making the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: do more preoperative CT scans mean fewer negative appendectomies? A 10-year study.
- Management of 1- to 2-cm Carcinoid Tumors of the Appendix: Using the National Cancer Data Base to Address Controversies in General Surgery.
- Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Appendix: A Review of the Literature.
- Operation versus antibiotics--The "appendicitis conundrum" continues: A meta-analysis.
- Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis: long course of intravenous antibiotics versus early conversion to an oral regimen.
- Postoperative short bowel syndrome.
- Racial disparities in outcomes after appendectomy for acute appendicitis.
- Safety and Efficacy of Polymeric Clips for Appendiceal Stump Closure.
- Schistosomiasis: a rare cause of acute appendicitis in the African American population in the United States.
- Septic thrombophlebitis of the superior mesenteric vein: an unusual complication of appendicitis.
- Severity of appendicitis correlates with the pediatric appendicitis score.
- Short bowel syndrome after laparoscopic procedures.
- Single incision versus standard 3-port laparoscopic appendectomy: a prospective randomized trial.
- Substantial postoperative pain is common among children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy.
- The cecal appendix: one more immune component with a function disturbed by post-industrial culture.
- The resident as surgeon: an analysis of ACS-NSQIP.
- Trainee participation is associated with adverse outcomes in emergency general surgery: an analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database.
- Umbilical Negative Pressure Dressing for Transumbilical Appendectomy in Childern.