Menteş Oner, Zeybek Nazif, Oysul Asli, Onder Sevgen Celik, Tufan Turgut
Department of General Surgery, Etimesgut Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2008 Oct;14(4):330-2.
Appendectomy is one of the most common procedures in surgical practice. Stump appendicitis is an acute inflammation of the residual part of the appendix and a rare complication of incomplete appendectomy. It may present clinically as acute abdomen. We report a case of stump appendicitis 12 years after open appendectomy. After the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, the patient was operated and discharged from the hospital four days after operation without any complications. Stump appendicitis is a rare cause of acute abdomen and should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis.
阑尾切除术是外科手术中最常见的手术之一。阑尾残株炎是阑尾残留部分的急性炎症，是不完全阑尾切除术后罕见的并发症。它在临床上可能表现为急腹症。我们报告一例开放性阑尾切除术后12年发生阑尾残株炎的病例。诊断为急性阑尾炎后，患者接受了手术，术后四天出院，无任何并发症。阑尾残株炎是急腹症的罕见病因，在鉴别诊断中应予以考虑。
