Appendicitis

Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix, a small pouch attached to the cecum, the beginning of the colon on the lower right side of the abdomen. If untreated, an inflamed appendix can burst, causing infection and even death. Appendicitis can affect people at any age, but is most common in people aged 10 to 30.

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Reviewed August 2011

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Title:   Appendectomy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Appendectomy (appendicectomy) is surgery to remove the appendix. The operation is usually carried out on an emergency basis to treat appendicitis (inflamed appendix). Symptoms of appendicitis may include pain, nausea, vomiting and constipation.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment for acute appendicitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical causes of acute abdominal pain. Appendectomy is the treatment of choice, however surgical complications are inherent to operative treatment. Recent research on primary antibiotic therapy (without su...
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Appendicitis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Appendicitis means inflammation of the appendix. Symptoms may include pain, vomiting, nausea and constipation. Appendicitis is a medical emergency.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Appendicitis
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to recognising and treating appendicitis.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Acute right iliac fossa pain
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   This pathway provides a diagnostic imaging algorithm for 'right iliac fossa pain' with an emphasis on the imaging techniques used for suspected appendicitis.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Your appendix
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Your appendix is a small tube about the same size as your little finger. It is attached to the beginning of your large intestine (the caecum), near where the small and large intestines meet.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Appendicitis
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Appendicitis is the sudden onset of inflammation of the appendix, which is a small, finger-shaped blind-ending sac that branches off the first part of the large intestine. Except for a hernia, acute appendicitis is the most common cause in the USA of an attack of severe, acute abdominal pain that requires abdominal operation. It is the most common cause of intra-abdominal infection in developed countries.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Single incision versus conventional multi-incision appendicectomy for suspected appendicitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Laparoscopic appendicectomy is used in treating appendicitis and can be achieved using several skin incisions in the abdominal wall, or more recently with a single skin incision through which instruments are introduced into the peritoneal cavity. Since ...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Laparoscopic versus open surgery for suspected appendicitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In the right lower part of the abdomen there is a small blind ending intestinal tube, called appendix. Inflammation of the appendix is called appendicitis and is usually acute in onset. Appendicitis is most frequent in children and young adults. Most ca...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Appendicectomy
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on appendicectomy, a surgical procedure to remove the appendix from the abdomen.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Appendicitis - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A guide to appendicitis: inflammation of the appendix.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Antibiotics versus placebo for prevention of postoperative infection after appendicectomy.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdominal pain requiring surgical intervention. This is associated with increased risk of postoperative complications, wound infection being the most commonly reported. Standard prophylaxis is an anti-bacte...
Date:   Apr 2005

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