Torsion of cecal appendix. Report of the first Italian case and review of the literature

• 主要な著者: Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza (著者), Lorenzo Costa (著者), Cosimo Bleve (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: PAGEPress Publications, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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In pediatric patients appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain and surgery. Torsion of vermiform appendix is a rare cause, clinically indistinguishable from appendicitis with usually an intraoperative diagnosis. The first description of vermiform appendix torsion was made by Payne in...