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Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix. Because both conditions can cause severe abdominal pain, they can be hard to tell apart. However, both endometriosis and appendicitis may cause ...

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Surgeries or diseases like appendicitis or diverticulitis can also cause infections in deeper tissues ... The pustule may also drain naturally, eventually shrinking and drying up. Smaller abscesses ...

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2) Symptoms such as abdominal pain and fever; 3) Detection of a right lower abdominal mass on physical examination or confirmation of periappendiceal abscess via CT, ultrasound, or other imaging ...

In our study we compared the outcomes between laparoscopic and open appendectomy for treatment of acute appendicitis performed ... with a rate of intra-abdominal abscess similar to open appendectomy.

The exclusion criteria for this study are as follows: 1. negative appendectomy (normal appendix); 2. periappendiceal abscess (initially treated with antibiotics or drainage, followed by laparoscopic ...

Background Laparoscopic appendectomy is not yet unanimously considered the "gold standard" in the treatment of acute appendicitis because of its higher operative time, intra-abdominal abscess risk ...