Keywords:
Calcifications / Calculi, Abscess, Surgery, Drainage, CT, Interventional non-vascular, Abdomen
Authors:
C. Barry, C. Redmond, J. geraghty, D. P. Brophy; Dublin/IE
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-0816
Methods and materials
This was a retrospective study performed at a univerity teaching hospital with a tertriary referral surgical department .
Institutional ethics board approval was obtained.
We performed a search on the radiology database of all abdominal CT studies performed between January 2009 and January 2016 inclusive.
All patients that underwent a contrast enhanced CT scan that documented retained appendicolith-related pathology post-appendicectomy were included.
Images were retrieved and reviewed by two radiologists to confirm a diagnosis of retained appendicolith-related pathology.
The medical records of all patients meeting inclusion criteria were retrieved.
Data recorded included surgical technique (open versus laparoscopic),
clinical presentation following appendicectomy,
C-reactive protein (CRP) and white-cell count (WCC) at presentation,
imaging findings on CT,
time interval between appendicectomy and presentation,
treatment for retained appendicolith, total length of stay and number of re-admissions.