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 Versus Observation for Appendicitis in Neutropenic Children With Cancer. 
  • Appendectomy and Clostridium difficile colitis: relationships revealed by clinical observations and immunology. 
  • Appendectomy using single-incision pediatric endosurgery for acute and perforated appendicitis. 
  • Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study. 
  • 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: Are Extended Antibiotics Necessary? A Post Hoc Analysis of the EAST Appendicitis "MUSTANG" Study. 
  • 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. 
  • Incidence of postoperative intraabdominal abscesses in open versus laparoscopic appendectomies. 
  • Incidental discovery of an appendiceal carcinoid tumor and a renal cell carcinoma. 
  • Increased risk of malignancy for patients older than 40 years with appendicitis and an appendix wider than 10 mm on computed tomography scan: A post hoc analysis of an EAST multicenter study. 
  • Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Multicenter Study of the Treatment of Appendicitis in America: Acute, Perforated, and Gangrenous (MUSTANG), an EAST Multicenter Study. 
  • Narrow- versus Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics for Simple Acute Appendicitis Treated by Appendectomy: A Post Hoc Analysis of EAST MUSTANG Study. 
  • Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Appendix: A Review of the Literature. 
  • Operation versus antibiotics--The "appendicitis conundrum" continues: A meta-analysis. 
  • Pediatric and adolescent gynecologic laparoscopy. 
  • 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. 
  • 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 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.