SynthesisBMJ clinical evidence2007
Appendicitis.
Synthesis in BMJ clinical evidence, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acute Appendicitis in Childhood and Adulthood.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2020Pooled it
- Public awareness, health care-seeking behaviors, and barriers to care for acute abdominal pain in Jordan: A cross-sectional study.Turkish journal of surgery · 2026Article
- A case of acute appendicitis caused by obstruction due to caecal cancer.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Review
- Article
- [Recommendations on treatment of acute appendicitis : Recommendations of an expert group based on the current literature].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2020Review
- Intussusception of the vermiform appendix.BMJ case reports · 2015Article
- A Comprehensive review of abdominal infections.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2011Article
- Acute Appendicitis with the Presence of Peristalsis Seen in Ultrasound.Journal of medical ultrasoundArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionPotential causes of appendicitis include faecoliths, lymphoid hyperplasia, and caecal carcinoma, all of which can lead to obstruction of the appendix lumen. The lifetime risk is approximately 7-9% in the USA, making appendicectomy the most common abdominal surgical emergency. Mortality from acute appendicitis is less than 0.3%, but rises to 1.7% after perforation. METHODS AND OUTCOMES: We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of treatments for acute appendicitis? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library and other important databases up to November 2006 (BMJ Clinical evidence reviews are updated periodically, please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this review). We included harms alerts from relevant organisations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
resultsWe found 10 systematic reviews, RCTs, or observational studies that met our inclusion criteria. We performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for interventions.
conclusionsIn this systematic review we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: antibiotics, laparoscopic surgery, ligation, open surgery, stump inversion, surgery.
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Identifiers
19454096PMC2943782W4300548240What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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