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Cureus
December 2024
Colorectal Surgery, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton, Braselton, USA.
Omental infarction is a rare cause of acute abdomen, often mimicking more common abdominal emergencies such as appendicitis and cholecystitis, presenting significant diagnostic challenges. A 47-year-old male with a history of ulcerative colitis underwent laparoscopic total colectomy with end ileostomy. Postoperatively, he developed severe abdominal pain, chills, nausea, and increased abdominal distension.
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June 2024
Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Switzerland.
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute virus infection, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Swiss government decreed a public lockdown to reduce and restrict further infections. The aim of this investigation was to analyze the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on the performance of general and visceral surgery procedures.
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December 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Qionglai Medical Center Hospital, Qionglai, China.
Cureus
December 2024
Surgery, SSM (Sisters of Saint Mary) Health Good Samaritan Hospital, Mount Vernon, USA.
Stump appendicitis is a known post-appendectomy entity causing right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Usually, a patient with a prior history of appendectomy presents to the emergency room with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and stump appendicitis, which is visualized on computed tomography of the abdomen pelvis. We report a case of stump appendicitis diagnosed by colonoscopy and subsequently confirmed by surgery.
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December 2024
Department of General Surgery, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, IND.
Enteroenteric fistula in the pediatric age group is an unusual presentation. It can create a diagnostic dilemma for the physician, particularly in the absence of any previous surgery, prolonged abdominal symptoms, or inflammatory bowel disease. The patient is a 10-year-old girl who presented with mild-grade fever, abdominal distension, scanty stool passage, and foul-smelling vomiting for the past 10 days.
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