Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis

Acute appendicitis is a common condition, with a lifetime risk of 7–8%. Common complications of surgical management include bleeding, bowel injury, residual abscess formation and post-operative ileus. This is a rare case of a 50-year-old male who underwent laparoscopic converted to open appendicecto...

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Autores principales: Chan Chin, Bruno M, Aakif, Muhammad, Khan, Ata U
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33815753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab061
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description Acute appendicitis is a common condition, with a lifetime risk of 7–8%. Common complications of surgical management include bleeding, bowel injury, residual abscess formation and post-operative ileus. This is a rare case of a 50-year-old male who underwent laparoscopic converted to open appendicectomy for perforated acute appendicitis, with a complication of post-operative fluid collection that extended into the right inguinal hernia sac.
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spelling pubmed-80042842021-04-01 Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis Chan Chin, Bruno M Aakif, Muhammad Khan, Ata U J Surg Case Rep Case Report Acute appendicitis is a common condition, with a lifetime risk of 7–8%. Common complications of surgical management include bleeding, bowel injury, residual abscess formation and post-operative ileus. This is a rare case of a 50-year-old male who underwent laparoscopic converted to open appendicectomy for perforated acute appendicitis, with a complication of post-operative fluid collection that extended into the right inguinal hernia sac. Oxford University Press 2021-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8004284/ /pubmed/33815753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab061 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis
title Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis
title_full Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis
title_fullStr Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis
title_full_unstemmed Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis
title_short Post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis
title_sort post-operative abscess in inguinal hernial sac—case report of an unusual complication of perforated acute appendicitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33815753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab061
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