Abdominal pain secondary to stump appendicitis in a child

We report a case of an 11-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and vomiting. The patient had a notable past medical history of having had an appendectomy at our institution 1 year previously. Because of progressive clinical signs of peritonitis, an exploratory laparotomy was performed and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of emergency medicine 2000-05, Vol.18 (4), p.431-433
Hauptverfasser:	Gupta, Rajesh, Gernshiemer, Joel, Golden, Jonathan, Narra, Nagarjun, Haydock, Timothy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Pain - etiology acute appendicitis Appendectomy - adverse effects Appendicitis - diagnosis Appendicitis - etiology Appendicitis - surgery Biological and medical sciences Child Diagnostic Errors Emergency Treatment - methods Gastroenteritis - diagnosis Humans Intestinal Perforation - diagnosis Intestinal Perforation - etiology Intestinal Perforation - surgery laparoscopic appendectomy Male Medical sciences open appendectomy Recurrence recurrent appendicitis Rupture, Spontaneous Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus stump appendicitis Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the digestive system Time Factors Vomiting - etiology
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