RT Book, Section
A1 Sanchez, Sabrina E.
A1 Burke, Peter A.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1171279979
T1 Appendix
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill LLC
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260122213
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171279979
RD 2024/04/23
AB In  infants,  the  appendix  is  a  conical  diverticulum  at  the  apex  of  the  cecum,  but  with  differential  growth  and  distention  of  the  cecum,  the  appendix  ultimately  arises  on  the  left  and  dorsally  approximately  2.5  cm  below  the  ileocecal  valve.  The  taeniae  of  the  colon  converge  at  the  base  of  the  appendix,  an  arrangement  that  helps  in  locating  this  structure  at  operation.  The  appendix  is  freely  mobile  in  the  majority  of  adults  and  is  fixed  retrocecally  in  16%  of  adults.