Category: appendicitis

appendicitis

EAES rapid guideline: appendicitis in the elderly (2021)

by Lukas Widmer

Antoniou SA, Mavridis D, Kontouli KM, Drakopoulos V, Gorter-Stam M, Eriksson S, et al. EAES rapid guideline: appendicitis in the elderly. Surg Endosc 2021;35:3233–43. doi:10.1007/s00464-021-08524-9. Inclusion/Exclusion The overarching inclusion criterion was patient age ≥ 65 years. Exclusion criteria were robotic surgery, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, and single-incision laparoscopic surgery. Recommendations We suggest against the […]

appendicitis

Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines (2020)

by Lukas Widmer

Di Saverio S, Podda M, De Simone B, Ceresoli M, Augustin G, Gori A, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines. World J Emerg Surg. World Journal of Emergency Surgery; 2020;15:27. https://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-020-00306-3 Diagnosis Recommendation 1.1 We recommend to adopt a tailored individualized diagnostic approach for stratifying the […]

appendicitis obstetrics

EAES rapid guideline: systematic review, meta-analysis, GRADE assessment, and evidence-informed European recommendations on appendicitis in pregnancy (2022)

by Lukas Widmer

Adamina M, Andreou A, Arezzo A, Christogiannis C, Di Lorenzo N, Gioumidou M, et al. EAES rapid guideline: systematic review, meta-analysis, GRADE assessment, and evidence-informed European recommendations on appendicitis in pregnancy. Surg Endosc. 2022;36:8699–712. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00464-022-09625-9. Recommendations •We recommend operative treatment over conservative management in pregnant patients with complicated appendicitis or appendicolith on imaging studies. (strong […]