A serious conundrum for surgeons: Stump appendicitis
NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL, cilt.3, sa.3, ss.237-239, 2016 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.14744/nci.2016.21043
- Dergi Adı: NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.237-239
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Stump appendicitis is an acute inflammation of remnant appendix, a rare complication of incomplete appendectomy. It may present as acute abdomen with history of appendectomy, which may cause delay in diagnosis. Therefore, incomplete appendectomy should be considered as a differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in patients with medical history of appendectomy. The present case is one of stump appendicitis 6 months after appendectomy. Stump appendectomy was performed and the patient was discharged 7 days after the operation without any complication.