How much Reliable Is Alvarado Scoring System in Reducing Negative Appendectomy?

There is still an ongoing debate, especially regarding early diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Early surgery leads to inadequate evaluation of acute abdominal pain and negative appendectomy, whereas delayed surgery leads to appendicitis perforation complications. The diagnosis of this condition is considerably difficult, especially due to subtle early symptoms and clinical condition.

Risk factors for peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer.

Aim: Tumor dissemination, lymphnode involvement and surgical resection technique are the most important factors affecting patient prognosis with gastric cancer. Peritoneal dissemination adversely affects the survival rate in patients. Microscopic peritoneal dissemination can be detected with peritoneal lavage cytological examination.

Intracystic Carcinoma of the Breast: Report of Two Cases.

Intracystic papillary carcinoma of the breast (IPC) is usually seen in postmenopausal elderly women. Its prognosis is much better than other type of breast tumors, and usually do not contain invasive components. Surgical excision with negative margins and axillary sentinel lymph node sampling is the recommended treatment.

Comparison between electronic method and conventional method recording and follow-up of general surgery ward-round notes taken.

Aim: Patient anamneses and ward-rounds notes taken are two key elements which have been and will be used to ensure accurate and reliable sustainability at surgery services. In this study, we aimed to find a new method which is capable of better addressing the needs in this process, simplifying it and also saving time. We also targeted to compare this new method used by us with the method, also known as conventional method, having been used for years.

Do intestinal parasitic infestations in patients with clinically acute appendicitis increase the rate of negative laparotomy? Analysis of 3863 cases from Turkey.

Introduction: Acute appendicitis is the most frequently observed disease requiring emergency surgery. The role of parasites in its pathogenesis has long been discussed. The signs of the parasitic infestations can mimic the signs of acute appendicitis.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor presenting as an abdominal wall mass in an adult patient.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the abdominal wall is a rare soft-tissue tumor presentation in adults. A 50-year-old woman was referred with abdominal pain and a palpable mass in the left lower quadrant. Computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance investigation revealed an 8-cm heterogeneous abdominal wall mass.