Publications by authors named "Matthijs D M Bolmers"
Background: Radiologic imaging can accurately diagnose acute appendicitis, but little is known about its discriminatory capacity between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis.
Objective: This study aims to investigate the accuracy of imaging in discriminating complicated from uncomplicated appendicitis.
Methods: Data was used from the prospective, nationwide, observational SNAPSHOT appendicitis database, including patients with suspected acute appendicitis who were planned for an appendectomy.
We present the case of a 79-year old woman with acute abdominal swelling and pain after coughing. She was in hemorrhagic shock and received blood transfusion after which hemodynamic stabilization occured. This case illustrates that a rectus sheath hematoma can be the (uncommon) cause of acute abdominal pain and shock.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To identify discrepancies between intraoperative and histological evaluations of the appendix in acute appendicitis and to evaluate the effect on surgical outcome.
Methods: Data was used from our previous multicentre, prospective, cohort study of patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Appendices were scored during intraoperative and histological evaluation as uncomplicated or complicated appendicitis.