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BACKGROUND: Bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF) are widely used in various consumer products. They are environmental contaminants with estrogenic properties that have been linked to various health outcomes. Understanding their impact with body composition is crucial for identifying potential health risks and developing preventive strategies. However, most current studies have only focused on their relationship with body mass index (BMI) and have not refined body composition...

INTRODUCTION: The clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in infants and young children is nonspecific. The diagnosis is often delayed and is accompanied by high rates of appendiceal perforation. The aim of the present study was to develop an early diagnostic scale for acute appendicitis in children less than 4 years of age. Results: The scale had a high discrimination index area under the ROC curve of 0.96 (95%CI 0.88-0.99), sensitivity of 95.1% (95%CI 86.3-99.0%), specificity of 90...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical, surgical, and pathological findings of appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasms (ANNs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The demographic, clinical, surgical, and pathological characteristics of 50 patients with ANN were analyzed. The patients were also classified as Group 1 (< 40 years, n = 37) and Group 2 (≥ 40 years, n = 13), and compared each other in terms of all parameters. RESULTS: Acute appendicitis was the pre-operative clinical presentation in 48 (96%) patients...

Objectives: To determine if anthropometric variables, body composition, medication and gender are associated with functional performance and to compare these variables between octogenarians with high and low functional performance. Methods: Observational, cross-sectional study. Weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were evaluated. Handgrip strength (HGS) was assessed. Participants' body composition was assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and functional performance by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)...

A elevada prevalência de fraturas e o importante papel dos exames de imagem nesse contexto requerem que o radiologista esteja familiarizado com seus principais padrões, especialmente as fraturas com manejo essencialmente cirúrgico. Este estudo apresenta uma série de casos ilustrativos e uma breve revisão da literatura, com o objetivo de demonstrar algumas das principais fraturas do esqueleto apendicular com manejo cirúrgico, agrupadas didaticamente por articulação. Foram selecionadas radiografias e tomografias computadorizadas de casos didáticos ilustrativos do arquivo de imagens do nosso serviço...

OBJECTIVE: In laparoscopic appendectomy (LA), closure of the appendix stump is important. This method must be safe and easy-to-use as well as an economical one. We compared three methods of the appendix stump closure in terms of safety, easiness, and financial cost. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three-hundred and ten LA patients operated between January 2011 and December 2019 and appendix stump was closed using one of the three methods, namely, non-absorbable polymeric clips (Group 1, n = 126), knot-tying group (Group 2, n = 101), and laparoscopic loop ligature group (Group 3, n = 83) were retrospectively analyzed in terms of stump leakage, infection, operation, and hospital stay duration...

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BACKGROUND: Patients with compromised appendix base constitute a subgroup of patients with complicated appendicitis, and there is few available information. OBJECTIVE: To study the frequency of stump leaks and fistulae in patients with complicated appendicitis with compromised stump. METHOD: This is an observational, retrospective study of patients that underwent laparoscopic appendectomy with compromised appendix stump. RESULTS: From 2015 to 2019, 158 patients with complicated appendicitis were operated, of them 54 had compromised base or stump...

BACKGROUND: Perforated epithelial appendiceal tumors are uncommon and can give rise to pseudomyxoma peritonei. Pseudomyxoma peritonei is rare, almost always of appendiceal origin, and presents in various ways relevant to abdominal surgeons. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the mode of presentation of pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin in patients treated in a high-volume UK peritoneal malignancy center. DESIGN: A retrospective observational study was conducted...

BACKGROUND: Appendiceal tumor has recently been treated differently from colorectal cancer. However, obtaining knowledge of this disease is difficult because of its rareness. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of appendiceal tumors in a Japanese cohort. DESIGN: This was a nationwide multi-institution retrospective observational study. SETTING: This study was conducted at the participating tertiary referral hospitals...

INTRODUCTION: An appendiceal collision tumor is defined as the presence of histologically distinct types of tumors in the appendix without transition between them. Appendiceal tumors are rare, with epithelial neoplasms and neuroendocrine tumors being the most common. OBJECTIVE: Report the case of woman with acute appendicitis and diagnosis of an appendiceal collision tumor. CASE PRESENTATION: A 35 years old woman, who consulted for a 24 hours of continuous epigastric pain with migration to the right iliac fossa; the routine blood test showed leukocytosis with neutrophilia and an ultrasound scan abdomen demonstratedsigns in favor of acute appendicitis; a diagnosis of acute appendicitis and surgical treatment...

INTRODUCCTION: Acute appendicitis is a pathology caused by inflammation of the cecal appendix , due tocthe obstruction of the appendicular lumen,witch leads to a venous congestion and then eventually to an arterial compromise of the appendicular wall with the consequent perforation of it.The main problem of this pathology in children under 4 years is the high index of appendicecal preforations presented by patients at the time of diagnosis,mainly driven by an unspecific clinical presentation,which leads to a low index of suspicion and a high percentage of complications in that age group...

INTRODUCCIÓN: La apendicitis aguda (AA) es una de las principales causas de abdomen agudo. Un retraso en su diagnóstico y tratamiento elevan la morbimortalidad. OBJETIVO: Evaluar el índice de neutrófilos/linfocitos (INL), la escala SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment), la procalcitonina (PCT) y la bilirrubina total (BT), y ver si existe relación como determinantes de la gravedad de la AA. MÉTODO: Estudio retrospectivo, observacional, para comparar el INL contra biomarcadores (PCT, BT) y contra escalas de gravedad (APACHE II [Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation] y SOFA) y quirúrgica (Mannheim)...

INTRODUCCIÓN: En las últimas décadas es creciente el abordaje por mínima invasión de patologías abdominales debido a sus beneficios evidentes. El cuadro apendicular es la principal emergencia quirúrgica, con diferentes métodos del cierre de la base apendicular. En este artículo comparamos dicho cierre con engrapadora lineal o ligadura con lazo hemostático, para analizar la frecuencia de complicaciones como absceso, dehiscencia y seroma...

Sixty-five cases of enterobiasis of the cecal appendix are reported by Enterobius vermicularis or Oxiurus vermicularis. Enterobiasis is a cosmopolitan parasite5,8,13 and frequent. It is useful to establish whether it can cause appendicitis and the mechanisms involved. According to the classical literature, E. vermicularis is not a causative agent of appendicitis per se, but allows the reproduction of the germs that infiltrate the wall and produce appendicitis5,9,10. The purpose of the study is to report the prevalence of E...

Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of the connective tissue caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene. Mutations affecting cysteine residues within the epidermal growith factor-like calcium-binding domains (EGF_CA) of FBN1 are associated with Marfan syndrome features and, especially, with ectopia lentis. We report a novel substitution, affecting the first cysteine of an EGF_CA-binding module encoded by exon 63 of FBN1 (C2571Y), in a patient presenting with typical Marfan syndrome features but without ectopia lentis...

OBJECTIVE: HIV-1-infected patients with lipodystrophy show insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and other signs of metabolic syndrome. Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) is a novel metabolic regulator that has been suggested to exert beneficial effects on metabolic homeostasis and insulin sensitivity. Our goal was to determine the relationship between FGF21 levels and metabolic alterations in these patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Serum FGF21 levels were analyzed in 179 individuals belonging to four groups: HIV-1-infected, antiretroviral-treated patients that have developed lipodystrophy (n = 59); HIV-1-infected, antiretroviral-treated patients without lipodystrophy (n = 45); untreated (naive) HIV-1-infected patients (n = 41); and healthy control individuals (n = 34)...

BACKGROUND: There is controversy about the immediate or delayed treatment of the cases of acute appendicitis which are diagnosed in the form of appendicular mass and/or apendicular abscess. At first, do we have to follow a medical or a surgical treatment? In those cases of conservative treatment, do we always have to carry out a delayed appendectomy? We have revised our experience to discuss the different options in order to try to define some implementation criteria. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We have revised the cases of appendicitis from January 2003 to December 2005, choosing the cases of appendicular mass on this study...

This article presents a 28 years old male patient case with a retroperitoneal collection of apendicular origin. After few comments about clinical and paraclinical aspects, the authors emphasise the particular aspects of differential diagnosis and surgical approach which, finally, lead to a full recovery of the patient.