Stump appendicitis: an uncommon dilemma

Autor: Chirag Pereira, Leo Francis Tauro
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Surgery Journal. 7:1324
ISSN: 2349-2902
2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20201419
Popis: Stump appendicitis is one of the rare delayed complications post appendectomy with a reported incidence of 1 in 50,000 cases. Stump appendicitis can present as a diagnostic dilemma if the treating clinician is unfamiliar with this rare clinical entity. The purpose of this paper is to review current data on stump appendicitis and analyse published cases.
Databáze: OpenAIRE