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Cureus
December 2024
Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, USA.
Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of an acute abdomen among pediatric patients. The diagnosis of appendicitis is challenging due to the nonspecific presentation. Diagnosis is based on historical, physical, and serologic information as well as right lower quadrant ultrasound (RLQ US).
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January 2025
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Background: Appendicectomy is a common procedure in children. Regional anaesthesia helps reduce requirements for opioids and hospital stay and enhances recovery. Laparoscopic-assisted Transversus Abdominus Plane block (L-TAP) was shown to be efficient and potentially superior to port site infiltration (PSI); however, this was not previously studied in paediatric appendicitis.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, University Clinical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Dr. Delibegovic).
Background And Objectives: Securing the base of the appendix is the most critical part of laparoscopic appendectomy in children. Determining the average values of the appendix, will facilitate the creation of suitable instruments, and will also have an impact on research in imaging studies.
Methods: One hundred and eight patients with the acute appendicitis were randomized into 2 groups: group I: children aged 2-10 years old, group II: children >10 years of age.
JSLS
January 2025
Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Gaziantep/Turkey. (Dr. Bulut).
Background: Appendectomy for acute appendicitis is the most common acute abdominal surgery. Open and laparoscopic appendectomy surgeries are performed with different techniques. Laparoscopic appendectomy has become a widespread method due to its advantages.
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January 2025
Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw University Clinical Centre, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 63A, Warsaw, 02-091, Poland.
Background: Lidocaine, a widely used local anaesthetic, also serves as an adjuvant in pain management. However, its use in children is off-label. This study aimed to determine if intravenous lidocaine alleviates the haemodynamic, metabolic, and hormonal responses to intubation and laparoscopic surgery in children.
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