Year 2015 / Volume 107 / Number 7
Letter to the Editor
Stump appendicitis. Underrated reality?

461-462

Dieter Morales-García, Ramón Castañera-González, Francisco José González-Sánchez, Mónica González-Noriega, Joaquín Alonso-Martín and Manuel Gómez-Fleitas

Abstract
Dear Editor,
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency performed by the general surgeon, specially during training, and the main reason of surgical acute abdomen in western countries (1). Stump appendicitis is a very rare complication of appendectomy and since first description, in 1945 by Rose (2), about sixty cases have been published (3). We report two cases of stump appendicitis with special emphasis in early diagnosis and treatment, which often is deferred due unexpected (4) resulting in increased morbidity and mortality, high perforation rate and requiring a more extensive surgical resection (3,5).
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Dieter Morales-García, Ramón Castañera-González, Francisco José González-Sánchez, Mónica González-Noriega, Joaquín Alonso-Martín and Manuel Gómez-Fleitas. Stump appendicitis. Underrated reality?. 461-462


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