 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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 | 4 | 5 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2017 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Appendectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Patwardhan UM, Kahan A, Eldredge RS, Russell KW, Lee J, Short SS, Padilla B, Cairo SB, Acker SN, Jensen AR, Kelley-Quon LI, Rothstein DH, Fialkowski EA, Chao SD, Gillory L, Pandya S, Diaz-Miron J, Ignacio RC. Comparison of Postoperative Antibiotic Protocols for Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Apr; 60(4):162165.
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Gallego-Navarro C, Beckermann J, Linnaus ME, Swartz HJ, Stewart S, York JM, Gassner RR, Kasal CA, Seidel AG, Wachter CJ, Kooda KJ, Rich JR, Sawyer MD. Optimizing Antibiotic Management for Adult Patients Presenting with Acute Perforated Appendicitis: A Quality Improvement Study. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2025 Apr; 26(3):143-149.
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Barone-Camp A, Louiselle A, Bothwell S, Diaz-Miron J, Hills-Dunlap J, Gosain A, Blakely M, Acker SN. Using shock index, pediatric age adjusted (SIPA) to predict prolonged length of stay in perforated appendicitis: a retrospective review. Pediatr Surg Int. 2024 Nov 05; 40(1):290.
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Beckermann J, Linnaus ME, Swartz H, Stewart S, York J, Gassner RR, Kasal CA, Seidel AG, Wachter CJ, Kooda KJ, Rich JR, Sawyer MD. Optimizing antibiotic management for patients with acute appendicitis: A quality improvement study. Surgery. 2024 05; 175(5):1352-1357.
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Zeineddin S, Aldrink JH, Bering J, Hoyt DW, Kastenberg ZJ, Brungardt J, Dasgupta R, Rinehardt HN, Malek MM, Ziogas IA, Roach JP, Craig BT, Rothstein DH, Lautz TB. Multi-institutional assessment of the prevalence of neuroendocrine tumors in children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in the United States. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 11; 70(11):e30620.
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Montminy EM, Zhou M, Long C, Wani S, Patel SG, Karlitz JJ. Impact of Carcinoid and Appendiceal Site Inclusion on Early Onset Colon Cancer Incidence Rate Analysis in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 10; 21(11):2972-2974.e1.
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Hegde B, Garcia E, Hu A, Raval M, Takirambudde S, Wakeman D, Lewit R, Gosain A, Parrado RH, Cina RA, Stephenson K, Dassinger MS, Zhang D, Mustafa MM, Koo D, Lipskar AM, Scheidler K, Van Arendonk KJ, Berg P, Gonzalez R, Scheese D, Haynes J, Mina A, Zamora IJ, Lopez ME, Mehl SC, Gilliam E, Lofberg K, Spencer B, Kulaylat AN, Gulack BC, Johnson M, Laskovy M, Brahmamdam P, Shimomura A, Blanch T, Tsao K, Slater BJ. Management of pediatric appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide multicenter cohort study. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jul; 58(7):1375-1382.
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Kelley-Quon LI, Ourshalimian S, Lee J, Russell KW, Kling K, Shew SB, Mueller C, Jensen AR, Vu L, Padilla B, Ostlie D, Smith C, Inge T, Roach J, Ignacio R, Lofberg K, Radu S, Rohan A, Wang KS. Multi-Institutional Quality Improvement Project to Minimize Opioid Prescribing in Children after Appendectomy Using NSQIP-Pediatric. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 03 01; 234(3):290-298.
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Yeh DD, Vasileiou G, Qian S, Zhang H, Abdul Jawad K, Dodgion C, Lawless R, Rattan R, Pust GD, Namias N. Appendectomy versus nonoperative management of simple appendicitis: A post hoc analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study using a hierarchical ordinal scale. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 06 01; 92(6):1031-1038.
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Staab S, Black T, Leonard J, Bruny J, Bajaj L, Grubenhoff JA. Diagnostic Accuracy of Suspected Appendicitis: A Comparative Analysis of Misdiagnosed Appendicitis in Children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Feb 01; 38(2):e690-e696.
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