RT Book, Section
A1 Irizarry, Dre
A1 Odom, Stephen
A2 Mazer, Laura M.
A2 Lagisetty, Kiran
A2 Butler, Kathryn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1191195839
T1 Appendix Surgery
T2 Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259587580
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191195839
RD 2024/04/20
AB Into  the  18th  century,  descriptions  of  inflammatory  diseases  of  the  appendix  appeared  only  as  solitary  case  reports  with  conflicting  nomenclature  and  an  unclear  natural  history.1  Only  in  the  mid-19th  century,  when  nitrous  oxide  and  chloroform  anesthesia  granted  a  degree  of  safety  to  laparotomy,  did  early  operation  for  appendicitis  gain  favor.1  In  contrast  to  these  humble  beginnings,  appendectomy  is  now  the  most  common  emergency  operation  in  the  United  States,  with  more  than  300,000  appendectomies  performed  annually.2