The Benefits and Risks of Performing Incidental Appendectomy
Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for emergency abdominal surgery worldwide. The risks and benefits of incidental appendectomy during other operations have been debated for over a century. There is no right answer to the question of whether or not to perform incidental appendectomy. A...
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Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery
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| author | Jin Young Lee Young Hoon Sul Jin Bong Ye Seung Je Go Jin Suk Lee Hong Rye Kim Soo Young Yoon Joong Suck Kim |
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| description | Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for emergency abdominal surgery worldwide. The risks and benefits of incidental appendectomy during other operations have been debated for over a century. There is no right answer to the question of whether or not to perform incidental appendectomy. Although there are only a few indications where it is explicitly recommended such as in gynecological surgery, malrotation, and Ladd’s procedure, incidental appendectomy is cost-effective in selected patient groups, especially in the young, without an increase in morbidity and mortality. In this review, the literature on incidental appendectomy was assessed from several perspectives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cc9ff6beb3940fa9f17911ec7d72c582023-09-18T07:11:16ZengKorean Society of Acute Care SurgeryJournal of Acute Care Surgery2288-58622288-95822019-10-0192353810.17479/jacs.2019.9.2.35174The Benefits and Risks of Performing Incidental AppendectomyJin Young Lee0Young Hoon Sul1Jin Bong Ye2Seung Je Go3Jin Suk Lee4Hong Rye Kim5Soo Young Yoon6Joong Suck Kim7 Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, KoreaAcute appendicitis is the most common indication for emergency abdominal surgery worldwide. The risks and benefits of incidental appendectomy during other operations have been debated for over a century. There is no right answer to the question of whether or not to perform incidental appendectomy. Although there are only a few indications where it is explicitly recommended such as in gynecological surgery, malrotation, and Ladd’s procedure, incidental appendectomy is cost-effective in selected patient groups, especially in the young, without an increase in morbidity and mortality. In this review, the literature on incidental appendectomy was assessed from several perspectives.http://www.jacs.or.kr/upload/pdf/jacs-2019-9-2-35.pdfincidental appendectomycosts and cost analysisyouth |
| spellingShingle | Jin Young Lee Young Hoon Sul Jin Bong Ye Seung Je Go Jin Suk Lee Hong Rye Kim Soo Young Yoon Joong Suck Kim The Benefits and Risks of Performing Incidental Appendectomy Journal of Acute Care Surgery incidental appendectomy costs and cost analysis youth |
| title | The Benefits and Risks of Performing Incidental Appendectomy |
| title_full | The Benefits and Risks of Performing Incidental Appendectomy |
| title_fullStr | The Benefits and Risks of Performing Incidental Appendectomy |
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| title_short | The Benefits and Risks of Performing Incidental Appendectomy |
| title_sort | benefits and risks of performing incidental appendectomy |
| topic | incidental appendectomy costs and cost analysis youth |
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