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  1. Management of acute appendicitis in adults - UpToDate

    Aug 28, 2025 · Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency in the world, with a lifetime risk of 8.6 percent in males and 6.9 percent in females [1]. For over a century, open …

  2. Appendectomy - UpToDate

    Apr 2, 2024 · Emergency appendectomy is required for patients with free perforation of the appendicitis, with diffuse peritonitis, or who are septic or hemodynamically unstable as a result of perforated …

  3. Management of acute appendicitis in adults - UpToDate

    Jul 30, 2024 · Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency in the world, with a lifetime risk of 8.6 percent in males and 6.9 percent in females [1]. For over a century, open …

  4. Acute appendicitis in children: Management - UpToDate

    Jan 27, 2025 · This topic will review the management of appendicitis in children. The evaluation, diagnosis, and diagnostic imaging of acute appendicitis in children and management of appendicitis …

  5. Acute appendicitis in adults: Clinical manifestations and ... - UpToDate

    Mar 6, 2024 · The clinical manifestations and differential diagnosis of appendicitis in adults will be reviewed here. The diagnostic evaluation and management of appendicitis in adults and appendicitis …

  6. Appendiceal mucinous lesions - UpToDate

    Mar 6, 2024 · Although a distended, mucus-filled appendix is often called a mucocele, this term is ambiguous and best utilized to describe an imaging appearance rather than a pathologic entity.

  7. Medline ® Abstract for Reference 37 of 'Well-differentiated

    BACKGROUND Carcinoid tumors are the most common malignant lesions arising from Appendix and are mostly found incidentally during surgery for appendicitis. Perforation of Appendix occurs in 10 …

  8. Appendiceal mucinous lesions - UpToDate

    Jul 4, 2022 · If the base of the appendix is involved in the disease process so that a clear margin cannot be achieved by stapling, a more extensive resection (eg, partial cecectomy, ileocecectomy, or right …

  9. Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix

    Aug 8, 2024 · Neoplasms of the appendix are rare. They are found in approximately 1 percent of appendectomy specimens [1,2] and account for only approximately 0.5 of 1 percent of intestinal …

  10. Appendectomy - UpToDate

    Jun 30, 2022 · Emergency appendectomy is required for patients with free perforation of the appendicitis, with diffuse peritonitis, or who are septic or hemodynamically unstable as a result of …