Journal Review in Emergency General Surgery: Appendicitis

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast · Apr 15, 2024 · 21m

Can appendicitis wait until the morning? Join Drs. Ashlie Nadler, Jordan Nantais, Graham Skelhorne-Gross, and Marika Sevigny from our Emergency General Surgery Team as they discuss the role of deferring appendectomies from overnight to the next morning.

Paper 1: Patel SV, Zhang L, Mir ZM, Lemke M, Leeper WR, Allen LJ, Walser E, Vogt K. Delayed Versus Early Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Adult Patients With Acute Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Surg. 2024 Jan 1;279(1):88-93.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37436871/

-Non-inferiority randomized controlled trial comparing delayed…