Publications by authors named "Eskinder Amare Assefa"
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- Acute appendicitis is often easy to diagnose, but chronic appendicitis is rare and can complicate diagnosis due to its unusual symptoms.
- A case study showed a 30-year-old male with nine months of chronic abdominal pain who had appendectomy, and chronic appendicitis was confirmed through histopathology.
- The findings emphasize the need for careful assessment using imaging techniques like ultrasound and CT scans, as chronic appendicitis should be considered in patients with unexplained right lower quadrant pain.
Background: Defensive medicine is physicians' deviation from standard medical care which is primarily intended either to reduce or avoid medico legal litigation. Although the Federal Ethics Committee review in Ethiopia has shown that applications for medical/surgical error investigation claims are increasing at an alarming rate, there is no study to date done to estimate the degree of defensive practice done by the physicians with an intention of avoiding this increasing legal claim. This study assessed the practice of defensive medicine among highly litigious disciplines (surgery) and described factors associated with its practice.
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