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Laparoscopic appendectomy has several advantages over open appendectomy, including a shorter post-operative recovery, less post-operative pain, and a lower superficial surgical site infection rate. However, the occurrence of an intra-abdominal abscess is almost three times more prevalent in laparoscopic appendectomy than open appendectomy.
There has been significant recent trial evidence that uncomplicated appendicitis can be treated with either antibiotics or appendicectomy, [4] [5] with 51% of those treated with antibiotics avoiding an appendectomy after 3 years. [6] After appendicectomy the main difference in treatment is the length of time the antibiotics are administered.
A positive test indicates the increased likelihood that the abdominal wall and not the abdominal cavity is the source of the pain (for example, due to rectus sheath hematoma instead of appendicitis). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A negative Carnett's sign is said to occur when the abdominal pain decreases when the patient is asked to lift the head; this points ...
Stomach pain isn't the only symptom of appendicitis -- here are 5 more. March 7, 2017 at 11:15 AM ... Pain usually starts around the belly button and travels right, where the appendix lives, but ...
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When you have appendicitis, you get an appendectomy. Removal is ultimately the only solution, and, once done, you don't have to worry about it again. Unless you do. That's what William McCormack ...
Blumberg's sign (also referred to as rebound tenderness or Shchetkin–Blumberg's sign) is a clinical sign in which there is pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen. (The latter is referred to simply as abdominal tenderness.) It is indicative of peritonitis.
It is similar to rebound tenderness, but may be easier to elicit when the patient has firm abdominal wall muscles. Abdominal pain on walking or running is an equivalent sign. [2] It was first described by the George Bushar Markle IV (1921–1999), an American surgeon, in 1985. [3]