ArticleBMC gastroenterology2026
Successful Endoscopic Direct Appendicitis Therapy (EDAT) for occult appendiceal perforation with abscess: a case report.
Article in BMC gastroenterology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy (ERAT) and its visually enhanced technique (Endoscopic direct appendicitis therapy, EDAT) represent a novel minimally invasive approach, offering advantages such as high-definition real-time visualization and precise intervention. This article reports a case of a 49-year-old male with acute appendicitis accompanied by an early abscess. CT findings suggested appendicitis with abscess formation, while EDAT exploration confirmed perforation at the appendiceal tip along with adjacent fecalith impaction, further verified by contrast imaging. During the procedure, the fecalith was extracted via EDAT, followed by irrigation of the purulent cavity and placement of a modified 7 Fr × 7 cm pancreatic stent for drainage. The patient experienced immediate symptom relief postoperatively, with serial follow-up CT scans on the procedure day, 3rd, and 7th postoperative days demonstrating gradual abscess resolution and normalized inflammatory markers, leading to discharge on day 3. A subsequent 3-month telephone follow-up revealed no recurrence of abdominal pain. This case illustrates that EDAT/ERAT can provide integrated diagnosis and definitive management for complicated appendicitis, avoiding the trauma associated with surgical intervention and offering valuable clinical insights.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.