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Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Debridement and Drainage for Pancreatic Abscess
Published on: March 15, 2024
[The acute appendicitis: what has changed since the beginning of the new century?]
1Kafedra khirurgii fakul'teta poslevuzovskogo i dopolnitel'nogo professional'nogo obrazovaniia Cheliabinskoĭ gosudarstvennoĭ meditsinskoĭ akademii.
Abstract:
In spite of the dramatic improvement of the instrumental and diagnostic possibilities in surgery, the part of diagnostic mistakes, leading to the unreasonable operations, still remains 10-20%. New data of etiopathogenesis of the acute appendicitis, possibilities of noninvasive diagnostic means, such as CT and US were critically assessed. Basing on the performed analysis, the author suggests to start treatment of patients suspected of havinh the acute appendicitis, with conservative therapy including antibioticsts.
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