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Acute Appendicitis
Acute appendicitis from aetiology to operation: how obstruction leads to venous congestion and perforation, how presentation changes with the position of the appendix, and what favours peritonitis.
What this lecture covers
- Aetiology and pathology
- Distension, venous obstruction and the path to perforation
- Factors favouring peritonitis
- Outcomes of acute appendicitis
- Clinical features: obstructive and non-obstructive
- Signs, and special features according to appendiceal position
- Differential diagnosis and investigations
- Management and the complications of delay
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