ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2021
Acute appendicitis-advances and controversies.
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- Should Procalcitonin Be Included in Acute Cholecystitis Guidelines? A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of Disease Severity and Age on Outcomes After Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Non-operative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis: A Review of Indications, Safety, and Clinical Algorithms.Cureus · 2026Review
- Scoring system for emergency surgery in acute appendicitis patients.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumors: a case series and literature review.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Utilizing non-invasive biomarkers for early and accurate differentiation of uncomplicated and complicated acute appendicitis: a retrospective cohort analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The EUPEMEN (EUropean PErioperative MEdical Networking) Protocol for Acute Appendicitis: Recommendations for Perioperative Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Pediatric Obesity's Effect on Open and Laparoscopic Appendectomy Outcomes.Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of low dose CT-Scan abdomen in patients with clinical features of acute appendicitis.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Practice patterns and clinical outcomes in acute appendicitis differ in the elderly patient.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Observational
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- The Impact of Protein Glycosylation on the Identification of Patients with Pediatric Appendicitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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- Metastatic Breast Cancer Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Case Study and Review of Current Knowledge.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Validation of the modified Alvarado score on patients attending A&E units with suspected appendicitis.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Characteristics of appendicitis after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy among cancer patients.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- A brief overview of single-port laparoscopic appendectomy as an optimal surgical procedure for patients with acute appendicitis: still a long way to go.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Review
- A Review of Radiological Investigations in Cases of Acute Appendicitis in a Tertiary Care Hospital.Cureus · 2023Article
- The diagnostic value of the computed tomography scan and ultrasonography in acute appendicitis.American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023Article
- Signs and syndromes in acute appendicitis: A pathophysiologic approach.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
Being one of the most common causes of the acute abdomen, acute appendicitis (AA) forms the bread and butter of any general surgeon's practice. With the recent advancements in AA's management, much controversy in diagnostic algorithms, possible differential diagnoses, and weighing the management options has been generated, with no absolute consensus in the literature. Since Alvarado described his eponymous clinical scoring system in 1986 to stratify AA risk, there has been a burgeoning of additional scores for guiding downstream management and mortality assessment. Furthermore, advancing literature on the role of antibiotics, variations in appendicectomy, and its adjuncts have expanded the surgeon's repertoire of management options. Owing to the varied presentation, diagnostic tools, and management of AA have also been proposed in special groups such as pregnant patients, the elderly, and the immunocompromised. This article seeks to raise the critical debates about what is currently known about the above aspects of AA and explore the latest controversies in the field. Considering the ever-evolving coronavirus disease 2019 situation worldwide, we also discuss the pandemic's repercussions on patients and how surgeons' practices have evolved in the context of AA.
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