 Appendectomy
"Appendectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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D001062
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.210.078
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Appendectomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Appendectomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Appendectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Estrella JB, Carmichael H, Myers QWO, Lee S, Velopulos CG. Making it Complicated: Does Disparity in Access to Care Lead to More Perforated Appendicitis? J Surg Res. 2021 10; 266:405-412.
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Shahi N, Phillips R, Meier M, Shirek G, Choi YM, Acker SN, Bensard D, Moulton S. Comparison of non-invasive physiological assessment tools between simple and perforated appendicitis in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2021 Jul; 37(7):851-857.
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Yeh DD, Eid AI, Young KA, Wild J, Kaafarani HMA, Ray-Zack M, Kana'an T, Lawless R, Cralley AL, Crandall M. Multicenter Study of the Treatment of Appendicitis in America: Acute, Perforated, and Gangrenous (MUSTANG), an EAST Multicenter Study. Ann Surg. 2021 03 01; 273(3):548-556.
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Neufeld MY, Bauerle W, Eriksson E, Azar FK, Evans HL, Johnson M, Lawless RA, Lottenberg L, Sanchez SE, Simianu VV, Thomas CS, Drake FT. Where did the patients go? Changes in acute appendicitis presentation and severity of illness during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study. Surgery. 2021 04; 169(4):808-815.
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Panshin MS, Alnachoukati OK, Schroeppel TJ, Metzler M, McFann K, Dunn JA. Optimal Duration of Antibiotics Following Appendectomy for Patients With Complicated Appendicitis. Am Surg. 2021 Mar; 87(3):480-485.
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Flum DR, Davidson GH, Monsell SE, Shapiro NI, Odom SR, Sanchez SE, Drake FT, Fischkoff K, Johnson J, Patton JH, Evans H, Cuschieri J, Sabbatini AK, Faine BA, Skeete DA, Liang MK, Sohn V, McGrane K, Kutcher ME, Chung B, Carter DW, Ayoung-Chee P, Chiang W, Rushing A, Steinberg S, Foster CS, Schaetzel SM, Price TP, Mandell KA, Ferrigno L, Salzberg M, DeUgarte DA, Kaji AH, Moran GJ, Saltzman D, Alam HB, Park PK, Kao LS, Thompson CM, Self WH, Yu JT, Wiebusch A, Winchell RJ, Clark S, Krishnadasan A, Fannon E, Lavallee DC, Comstock BA, Bizzell B, Heagerty PJ, Kessler LG, Talan DA. A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis. N Engl J Med. 2020 11 12; 383(20):1907-1919.
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Lawless RA, Cralley A, Qian S, Vasileiou G, Yeh DD. Antibiotics after Simple (Acute) Appendicitis are not Associated with Better Clinical Outcomes: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multi-Center Study. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Jun; 22(5):504-508.
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Leung B, Madhuripan N, Bittner K, Rastegar V, Banever G, Tashjian D, Moriarty K, Polansky S, Tirabassi M. Clinical outcomes following identification of tip appendicitis on ultrasonography and CT scan. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan; 54(1):108-111.
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Hodges MM, Burlew CC, Acker SN, Moore EE, Roosevelt GE, Schubert A, Hill LRS, Partrick DA, Bensard D. Pediatric appendicitis: Is referral to a regional pediatric center necessary? J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 04; 84(4):636-641.
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Pearcy C, Almahmoud K, Jackson T, Hartline C, Cahill A, Spence L, Kim D, Olatubosun O, Todd SR, Campion EM, Burlew CC, Regner J, Frazee R, Michaels D, Dissanaike S, Stewart C, Foley N, Nelson P, Agrawal V, Truitt MS. Discussion of: "Risky business? Investigating outcomes of patients undergoing urgent laparoscopic appendectomy on antithrombotic therapy". Am J Surg. 2017 12; 214(6):1016-1017.
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