Appendicitis : risk factors, management strategies and clinical implications / Angela S. Marmo, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marmo, Angela S., editor.

Series:

Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appendicitis--United States.

Appendicitis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Appendicitis remains one of the most common surgical emergencies, with approximately 200,000 annual cases in the United States and a lifetime risk of 8%. The treatment of appendicitis has evolved significantly, from the first reported appendectomy in 1736 at St. George's Hospital in London. This book discusses several topics on appendicitis including the surgical management of appendicitis; pediatric advanced appendicitis; acute appendicitis; treatment strategies; risk factors and clinical implications.

Contents:

""APPENDICITIS: RISK FACTORS, MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS""; ""APPENDICITIS: RISK FACTORS, MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: The Surgical Management of Appendicitis""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Anatomy and Pathophysiology""; ""Open Appendectomy""; ""Surgical Details""; ""Evidence""; ""Laparoscopic Appendectomy""; ""Surgical Details""; ""Evidence""; ""Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)""; ""Evidence""

""Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery""""Surgical Details""; ""Transgastric Approach""; ""Transvaginal Approach""; ""Evidence""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Appendicitis: Management and Current Controversies""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Clinical Presentation""; ""Treatment""; ""Open Appendectomy""; ""Laparoscopic Appendectomy""; ""Laparoscopic vs. Open Appendectomy""; ""Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy in Children""; ""Laparoscopic vs. Open Appendectomy in the Obese Patient""; ""Interval Appendectomy""; ""Timing of Appendectomy""

""Conclusion""""References""; ""Chapter 3: Acute Appendicitis Following Abdominal Trauma: A Review""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Treatment""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Stump Appendicitis""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Clinical Presentation""; ""Management""; ""Prevention""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Pediatric Advanced Appendicitis""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Epidemiology and Risk Factors""; ""Pathway to Advanced Appendicitis""; ""Gangrenous Appendicitis""

""Pre-Operative Prediction of Advanced Appendicitis""""Clinical Predictors""; ""Adjunct Laboratory Tests""; ""Adjunct Radiological Tests""; ""Pre-Operative Predictors of Complications""; ""Management of Advanced Appendicitis""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Analgesia""; ""Empirical Antibiotics""; ""Operative Management Strategy""; ""Open Appendectomy versus Laparoscopic Appendectomy""; ""Intra-Operative Considerations""; ""Wound Closure""; ""Post-Operative Consideration""; ""Non-Operative Management Strategy""; ""Percutaneous Drainage""; ""Interval Appendectomy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 6: State-of-the-Art Imaging in Patients with Suspected Acute Appendicitis""""1Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University""; ""Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany""; ""2Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University""; ""Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Plain Radiography""; ""Indications/Contraindications""; ""Method""; ""Morphological Imaging Criteria of Appendicitis""; ""Results""; ""2. Barium Enema""; ""Indications/Contraindications""; ""Method""

""Morphological Imaging Criteria of Appendicitis""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-541-5

OCLC:

890941486