The findings, published in BJS Open by M. A. Zarog from the Department of Surgery and colleagues, suggest that circulating fibrocyte percentage (CFP) could help improve diagnostic accuracy in a ...

A 26-year-old woman presented to the accident and emergency department 9 days post laparoscopic appendicectomy for a non-perforated, but gangrenous appendicitis. She was found to have a retained ...

Objectives To compare conservative treatment with index admission appendicectomy in children with acute uncomplicated appendicitis. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline, ...

Amyand’s hernia, a rare condition where the appendix is contained within an inguinal hernia sac, occurs in ~1% of inguinal hernias, with <0.1% involving acute appendicitis. Though often diagnosed ...

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China 2 Institute of Disaster Medicine, ...