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Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany; Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany; Institute of Pathology, University of Würzburg, Germany; Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sydney School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
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Akai House Clinic, Accra, Ghana.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana.
Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana.
Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Radiology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Department of Radiology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Radiology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Department of Radiology, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana.
Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pathology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
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Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Publications dans "Appendice vermiforme" :
To review the radiological terminology used to describe dilated mucin-containing appendiceal lesions with correlation to the histopathological diagnosis....
Radiology and histopathology reports for all patients with an abnormally dilated appendix referred to a tertiary peritoneal malignancy centre, between January 2021 and December 2021, were reviewed....
Overall, 213 patients were included with a median appendiceal diameter of 25.5 mm (range 10-125 mm). Peritoneal disease was present in 109 patients, with the remaining 104 cases demonstrating a dilate...
In this cohort of patients, the overwhelming majority of dilated, mucin-filled appendices contained malignant cells and benign mucin-filled appendices were rare. The present authors advocate that the ...
The appendix is thought to have a role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis, but the nature and basis of this association remains unclear. In this Perspective, we consider the biology of the appe...
Acute appendicitis is known as the most common diagnosis of acute abdomen leading to surgery. Therefore, timely diagnosis is of special importance. This study was conducted with the aim of pathologica...
This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. All children who underwent appendectomy at Shahid Motahari Hospital in Urmia from March 2021 to March 2022 were examined. The required data including demog...
Among 234 pathology samples of the appendix, 22 cases were related to accidental appendectomy. In addition, 11.3% of cases were negative appendectomy and 88.7% were positive appendectomy. The age rang...
A relatively significant number of accidental and negative appendectomies are performed. More careful investigation and the use of expectant and medical treatment instead of surgery, especially in fem...
The vermiform cecal appendix is a small thin pouch-like tube of intestinal tissue situated in the lower right abdomen. It is attached at the junction of the large intestine between the ascending colon...
Currently, the vermiform cecal appendix has generated significant renewed research interest. As such it has been reported to present a site with a high concentration of lymphoid tissue and a biofilm m...
Research suggests that the vermiform cecal appendix may be the site of a safe-house biofilm that could re-inoculate the large bowel. Given that the appendix has no known role in digestion, the network...
To stratify ultrasound samples in a pediatric population undergoing evaluation for acute appendicitis to examine the variability in cecal appendix diameter, in different age groups, and to determine w...
A retrospective cross-sectional study with 196 children aged 0 to 15 years. Data were extracted from reports of ultrasound examinations carried out between 2008 and 2015. Children with sonographic dia...
The evaluation of the anteroposterior measurement of the cecal appendix revealed a mean diameter of 4.14mm (standard deviation: 0.93mm; 95%CI: 3.86-4.14). Cecal appendix diameter did not differ signif...
Evaluation of the anteroposterior diameter of the cecal appendix in centimeters in a sample of 196 children aged 0 to15 years revealed a mean diameter of 4.14mm (standard deviation, 0.93mm. There were...
To evaluate the association between clinical and imaging with surgical and pathological findings in patients with suspected neuroendocrine tumor of appendix and/or appendix endometriosis....
Retrospective descriptive study conducted at the Teaching and Research Institute of...
Twenty-eight patients were included, all of which had some type of appendix alteration on the ultrasound examination. The pathological outcome of the appendix found 25 (89.3%) lesions compatible with ...
It was possible to observe a higher prevalence of appendix endometriosis when the patient presented more intense pain symptoms. The image observed on ultrasound obtained a high positive predictive val...
Appendix adenocarcinomas (AAs) are rare tumours that often present late, with a propensity for peritoneal metastases (PMs). This study aimed to evaluate outcomes of AA patients undergoing cytoreductiv...
Data were collected from a prospective database and classified according to World Health Organization (WHO) 2019 classification. Tumour clearance from CRS was described using a completeness of cytored...
Between January 2005 and August 2021, 216 AA patients were identified for inclusion. Median age was 59 years (21-81 years). CRS/HIPEC was carried out in 182 (84%) patients, of whom 164/182 (76%) had m...
This study identifies AA patients with positive lymph nodes derive the most benefit from systemic chemotherapy. We confirm the prognostic importance of stage and peritoneal grade, with excellent outco...
Foreign body ingestion is commonly encountered in clinical practice, with over 100,000 cases reported annually in the United States. The majority of objects pass through the gastrointestinal tract spo...
Goblet cell adenocarcinoma is a rare appendiceal tumour with amphicrine differentiation that has distinct morphologic and clinical features compared to carcinomas seen elsewhere in the gastrointestina...
Ultrasound of the right lower quadrant for appendicitis requires specific training and practice. Improved visualization of the appendix can result in decreased utilization of computed tomography. Incr...
The baseline ultrasound visualization frequency was computed for 20 ultrasound technologists in a large pediatric health system. Following this, technologists were informed of their individual and rel...
There was no significant effect of sonographer career experience on the baseline appendix visualization frequency. Fourteen of 20 technologists demonstrated improved visualization frequencies post-int...
An appendix visualization rate monitoring program coupled with structured training was successful in improving the appendix visualization rate throughout a large pediatric health system. This program ...