The Appendix - ECAB

Front Cover Title page Copyright Page Table of Contents Editors CONTRIBUTORS Foreword Preface Chapter 1. Surgical Anatomy of the Appendix INTRODUCTION HISTORY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CONGENITAL ANOMALY CONGENITAL ANOMALIES HISTOLOGY CONVENTIONAL ANATOMY OF THEAPPENDIX REFERENCES Chapter 2. Acute Appendicitis INTRODUCTION PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CLINICAL FEATURES LABORATORY TESTING SCORING SYSTEMS DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IMAGING IN APPENDICITIS MANAGEMENT OF APPENDICITIS APPENDICITIS IN PREGNANCY CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 3. Acute Appendicitis in Children INTRODUCTION ETIOPATHOGENESIS CLINICAL FEATURES INVESTIGATIONS DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT APPENDICITIS IN NEONATES CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 4. Laparoscopic Surgery forAcute Appendicitis INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPY IN DIAGNOSIS OFACUTE APPENDICITIS SURGICAL TECHNIQUE COMPARISON BETWEEN LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY AND OPEN APPENDICECTOMY SINGLE-INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 5. Complications of Acute Appendicitis and their Management INTRODUCTION PATHOPHYSIOLOGY3 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING MANAGEMENT CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 6. Complications of Appendicectomy OVERVIEW MORTALITY NEGATIVE APPENDICECTOMY AND PAIN UNRESOLVED BY APPENDICECTOMY SURGICAL SITE INFECTION BOWEL OBSTRUCTION APPENDIX STUMP COMPLICATIONS FECAL FISTULA POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING HERNIAS RISK OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE COMPLICATIONS IN FEMALES UNEXPECTED MALIGNANCY MISCELLANEOUS COMPLICATIONS SUMMARY REFERENCES Chapter 7. Chronic Appendicitis: Myth or Reality? INTRODUCTION CAN IMAGING DIAGNOSE CHRONIC APPENDICITIS? ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPY IN CHRONICRIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN SHOULD A NORMAL-LOOKING APPENDIXBE REMOVED IF NO OBVIOUS CAUSE FOR CHRONIC RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN IS FOUND? SHOULD A NORMAL-LOOKING APPENDIX BE REMOVED IF NO OBVIOUS CAUSE FOR CHRONIC RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN IS FOUND? DOES APPENDECTOMY ALLEVIATE CHRONIC RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN? SHOULD ALL RESECTED APPENDIX SPECIMENS BE SENT FOR HISTOPATHOLOGY? SUMMARY REFERENCES Chapter 8. Chronic Appendicitis: Philosophy, Pathology and a Perspective REFERENCES Chapater 9. Carcinoid Tumors of the Appendix INTRODUCTION PRESENTATION DIAGNOSIS MANAGEMENT PROGNOSIS CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 10. Appendiceal MucinousNeoplasms MUCOCELE OF THE APPENDIX CONCLUSION REFERENCES The appendix has historically been considered to be a vestigial organ without any known function. However, it often becomes inflamed, and appendicitis is a common cause of acute and chronic abdominal pain with appendectomy being one of the commonest operations performed by general surgeons. Like the tonsils, uterus, and gall bladder, it also carries the distinction of being an organ which is often removed for dubious indications. This tendency has been exacerbated by the widespread practice and popularity of laparoscopic surgery. The majority of this book naturally focuses on the problem of a