ALLMedicine™ Appendectomy Center

Sep 18th, 2021 - Despite unparalleled advances in perioperative medicine, surgical outcomes remain poor for racial minority patients relative to their white counterparts. Little is known about the excess costs to the health care system related to these disparities...

Sep 12th, 2021 - Right hemicolectomy is recommended for appendiceal adenocarcinoma but may not be needed for early-stage disease. This study aimed to determine whether appendectomy offers adequate oncologic outcomes for T1 appendiceal adenocarcinoma from a nationa...

Sep 8th, 2021 - Acute appendicitis is one of the most frequent abdominal surgical emergencies. Intra-abdominal abscess is a frequent post-operative complication. The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare peritoneal irrigation and suction versus suction only wh...

Sep 2nd, 2021 - To demonstrate transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) lateral window approach to hysterectomy in a case with prior history of multiple surgeries resulting in keloid scars and enlarged uterus with dense bladder adhesi...

Sep 2nd, 2021 - Eliminating points in the continuum of care that do not change management is a safe strategy for cost containment and workflow efficiency in health systems. As a process improvement initiative, we sought to identify whether routine, outpatient fol...

Apr 3rd, 2019 - An MRI is recommended for an ovarian mass that is indeterminate on ultrasound. The ROMA score (combining CA125 and HE4) can also be calculated (grade A). In presumed early-stage ovarian or tubal cancers, the following procedures should be performe...

Mar 26th, 2019 - Acute appendicitis (AA) has been considered one of the most common acute surgical conditions in the world. Recent studies, however, have suggested that nonoperative management (NOM) with a course of antibiotics (ABX) may be as effective as surgery...

Nov 6th, 2018 - Appendicitis remains the most common surgical pathology responsible for right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain presenting to emergency departments in the United States, where the incidence continues to increase. Appropriate imaging in the diagn...

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Mar 9th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Robert D. Glatter, MD: Hi and welcome. I'm Dr Robert Glatter, medical advisor for Medscape Emergency Medicine. The well-established standard treatment for acute appendicitis is surgical appendectomy. I ...

Jan 29th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Children undergoing cancer treatment who develop neutropenic appendicitis may have lower complication rates and fewer disruptions to chemotherapy regimens with upfront surgery than with observation, a new study suggests. Researc...

Jan 19th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite national initiatives aimed at reducing racial disparities in healthcare, these disparities persist in patients undergoing major surgical procedures in the United States, a new study indicates. "Our study showed ...

Jan 19th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Virtual follow-up visits work well for patients who have had minimally invasive appendectomy or cholecystectomy, new research indicates. "Post-discharge video-based virtual visits did not increase hospital encounter pro...

Oct 7th, 2020 - Patients given antibiotics for appendicitis fared no worse in quality of life, at least in the short term, than did patients whose appendix was removed, according to a large, randomized, nonblinded, noninferiority study published online October 5 ...