Tag: EAES

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 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 […]