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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2020

Reduced-port laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in pregnancy.

Tsuyoshi Hata, Nobuyasu Hayashi, Shoichiro Urabe, Koji Hayashi, Tomo Nakagawa, Toshiya Michiura, Kazuo Yamabe

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tsuyoshi HataDepartment of Surgery, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.
Nobuyasu HayashiDepartment of Surgery, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.
Shoichiro UrabeDepartment of Surgery, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.
Koji HayashiDepartment of Surgery, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.
Tomo NakagawaDepartment of Surgery, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.
Toshiya MichiuraDepartment of Surgery, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.
Kazuo YamabeDepartment of Surgery, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan.
Kinan Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current guidelines indicate that laparoscopic appendectomies are safe for pregnant patients with acute appendicitis. Recently, single- and reduced-port laparoscopic surgeries have gained popularity for nonpregnant patients, because they minimize abdominal wall trauma. Here, we describe a reduced-port laparoscopic appendectomy (RPLA) in a 31-year-old pregnant female performed at 27 weeks gestational age. Preoperative abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography imaging showed an inflamed, swollen appendix and blood test results showed elevations in the white blood cell count and the C-reactive protein level. Accordingly, acute appendicitis was diagnosed. A surgical incision was performed at the umbilicus with an EZ-access device; an additional 5-mm trocar was placed at the right lower quadrant. Recovery was uneventful. The patient was discharged 8 days postoperatively. A vaginal delivery was achieved at term. The RPLA was a good surgical option for minimizing surgical invasiveness, without increasing the technical difficulty, in conditions where the uterus and fetus are growing.

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PMCPMC7297555
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